---
title: "Twelve Foot Ninja"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/twelve-foot-ninja"
genre: "Alternative Metal"
country: "Australia"
formed: 2008
disbanded: 2024
---

# Twelve Foot Ninja

**Twelve Foot Ninja** is a alternative metal band, from Australia, active 2008 to 2024.

Twelve Foot Ninja are an Australian heavy metal band from Melbourne, Victoria. They released their debut album Silent Machine in 2012. The band consists of Kin (vocals), Russ (drums), Stevic, and Rohan. They won Best New Talent at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards 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. Their first headline tour of Europe in April 2017 sold out five of the seven UK shows. In mid 2022, the band announced an "indefinite hiatus". Although, they are working on an acoustic album of Twelve Foot Ninja material. The album was released on 11 July 2024 titled Mutant Dreams and Face Transplants: An Acoustic Experience. On the same day as the album's release, the band announced they had broken up.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Foot_Ninja

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Twelve Foot Ninja |
| Genre | Alternative Metal |
| Parent genre | Alternative Metal |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Formed | 2008 |
| Disbanded | 2024 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Alternative Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/alternative-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Damon McKinnon](https://themetalnet.com/musician/damon-mckinnon) | Electric bass guitar | 2008 to 2019 | Former |
| [Nichlas Barker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nichlas-barker) | Lead vocals | 2008 to 2024 | Former |
| [Rohan Hayes](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rohan-hayes) | Guitar | 2012 to 2024 | Former |
| [Shane Russell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shane-russell) | Drums (drum set) | 2008 to 2024 | Former |
| [Steve MacKay](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-mackay) | Guitar | 2008 to 2024 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | [New Dawn](https://themetalnet.com/album/bce4bb9e-2566-40e7-83ff-24108f9e64d3) | EP |
| 2010 | [Smoke Bomb](https://themetalnet.com/album/c362b6b4-aca7-4705-b655-ab9b2548a088) | EP |
| 2012 | [Silent Machine](https://themetalnet.com/album/065dcb6a-b0b7-431a-8e3f-f67ef5e70fff) | Album |
| 2016 | [Outlier](https://themetalnet.com/album/495f3fc9-7a21-4418-b6e0-282833518859) | Album |
| 2021 | [Vengeance](https://themetalnet.com/album/02b3c760-c425-4681-8cc5-50c7e663e9a6) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/990061
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3swwiYEQQzPNGvMdEhqReR
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/295867173
- bandcamp: https://twelvefootninja.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twelvefootninja/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twelvefootninja
- x: https://twitter.com/twelvefootninja
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwiUlCXFc3foMRfs_Q_5HYw

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/twelve-foot-ninja](https://themetalnet.com/band/twelve-foot-ninja). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt