Twelve Foot Ninja

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Twelve Foot Ninja
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres Alternative metal, experimental rock, funk metal, Djent
Years active 2008 (2008)–present
Labels Volkanik
Website www.twelvefootninja.com
Members Kin Etik
Shane "Russ" Russell
Steve "Stevic" Mackay
Damon McKinnon
Rohan Hayes

Twelve Foot Ninja is a rock band formed in 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band consists of Kin (Vocals), Russ (Drums), Stevic (Guitar) Damon (Bass) and Rohan (Guitar). They won BEST NEW TALENT at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (America's only hard rock music awards)[1] as well as two listener voted awards from SiriusXM's Liquid Metal the year before. The band broke a world record for the most amount crowdfunded for a music video, raising $52,600 to make their video for 'Ain't That A Bitch'.[2]

History

Early years (2008-)

Prior to the launch of their album debut, the band had released 2 EPs. The first, New Dawn, released in 2008, resulted in the band earning a Triple J Unearthed Number 1 with the track ‘Dark Passenger’, various support slots, and an appearance at Sydney's Come Together Festival.

Their second EP, Smoke Bomb, was released in November 2010. Produced by the band’s guitarist Steve "Stevic" Mackay in his Melbourne home studio, the EP was mixed by local producer/engineer Hadyn Buxton (Trial Kennedy, Jonesez, Blueline Medic, Dukes of Windsor, Felix Riebl) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Deftones, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley) at Masterdisk, New York. Guest musicians on the release include Bär McKinnon (Mr.Bungle) on Saxophone and Ollie McGill (Cat Empire) on Keyboards.

Silent Machine (2012-)

Their debut album, Silent Machine, was released in November 2012.[3] The album's first official single 'Mother Sky' was released on 24 August and the video was premiered on Triple J's Home & Hosed blog.[4] The second single 'Coming For You' was released on 2 November 2012.

Each song from the debut album came with a comic, created by Keith Draws (UK), inspired by the lyrics and based on the original fable of Twelve Foot Ninja (co-written by Steve "Stevic" Mackay)[5] The story follows a sole ninja’s mission to restore balance in a world headed toward a self-inflicted apocalypse [6] All the individual comics were later combined into a 72-page bound comic book.

In early 2013, Twelve Foot Ninja embarked on their first headline tour of Australia and sold out every capital city.[7]

In October–November 2013, Twelve Foot Ninja toured Europe and North America for the first time. Their first show in London at the Camden Barfly sold out 3 weeks in advance and they also played Euroblast in Cologne, selling the most merch after the headliners Meshuggah. Their US/Canada tour in 2013 was opening for progressive metal band Periphery.

In May 2014 Twelve Foot Ninja returned to North America for their first headline tour. They also played AEG festivals Rock On The Range, Carolina Rebellion, Welcome To Rockville, Rocklahoma. They were also invited to showcase at Michele Clark 's revered radio conference in San Diego Sunset Sessions Rock.

In July 2014, single 'Coming For You' was serviced to US Active Rock radio and reached #45 on the Active Rock charts.[8] The video of 'Coming For You' has reached over 1 million views on YouTube and their total channel views reached over 4.5 million.[9] The band toured the US again from Oct-Dec 2014 in support of In This Moment. Also on that tour was Starset and 3 Pill Morning.

Second album

In November 2015, Twelve Foot Ninja leaked an early track from the studio called "One Hand Killing" off their forthcoming sophomore album - scheduled for release sometime in 2016.[10] A few weeks later they released a video clip for the same track. The band also started a PledgeMusic campaign to help raise funds for the making of the new album and to start advance pre-orders.[11] When talking to Loudwire vocalist Kin said "It has its roots in the ‘Silent Machine’ album but we’re kind of experimenting with a few different things. There’s more emphasis on songs and the actual songwriting as opposed to just riffs".[12]

Awards

YEAR CATEGORY AWARD
2014 Best New Talent Revolver Golden God Awards, USA
2014 Best Metal Music Video Independent Music Video Awards, Australia
2013 Best Artist Discovery SiriusXM Liquid Metal Awards, USA
2013 Best Song Discovery SiriusXM Liquid Metal Awards, USA

Discography

Album

EPs

  • New Dawn (2008)
  • Smoke Bomb (2010)

Singles

US

  • Coming For You (July 2014)
  • One Hand Killing (2015)

Australia

  • Dark Passenger (2009)
  • Clarion (2010)
  • Mother Sky (2012)
  • Coming For You (2012)
  • Shuriken (2012)

Band Members

  • Nik "Kin" Etik - vocals (2008–present)
  • Steve "Stevic" MacKay - lead guitar (2008–present)
  • Damon McKinnon - bass guitar (2008–present)
  • Shane "Russ" Russell - drums (2008–present)
  • Rohan Hayes - guitar, vocals (2012–present)

References

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  2. ↑ http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/05/03/twelve-foot-ninja-smash-crowdfunding-records/
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  7. ↑ http://www.thebrag.com/music/twelve-foot-ninja-play-manning-bar
  8. ↑ http://hardrockdaddy.wordpress.com/tag/twelve-foot-ninja/
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/twelvefootninja
  10. ↑ http://www.deadpress.co.uk/55959/video-twelve-foot-ninja-one-hand-killing
  11. ↑ http://www.pledgemusic.com/twelvefootninja
  12. ↑ http://loudwire.com/twelve-foot-ninja-upcoming-album-heavier-and-softer

External links

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