Twelve Foot Ninja

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 (lead guitar), and Rohan (rhythm guitar). They won Best New Talent at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (America's only hard rock music 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 (with Nik Barker, departing vocalist) are working on an acoustic album of Twelve Foot Ninja material. The release date is yet to be announced.

Latest Articles

News / Music

Twelve Foot Ninja's Music Unexpectedly Pulled From Streaming Services

"I'm working on getting everything back on track asap," lead guitarist Steve “Stevic” Mackay told fans.

News / Music

Twelve Foot Ninja Release Acoustic Album, Announce Breakup

“So with a collective deep breath and focus toward the horizon, we've decided to lay Twelve Foot Ninja to rest.”

News / Music

AIR Awards 2022 Heavy and Punk nominees are on point!

Look, we hate to admit it, but sometimes (read: pretty well all the time) mainstream music awards really kind of mess up their nominees and the genres or categories that songs/artists should be in. Unfortunately a lot of the time it results in bands winning the categories that really... they probably shouldn't be in. Not so much with this year's AIR Awards, they really did nail down a pretty sick cross-section of the heavy and punk genres for the nominations. Check them out!

News / Music

UNCAGED FESTIVAL drops back to one-stage, less artists in Brisbane this weekend

It's been an uneasy road to the finish line for Uncaged Festival, and unfortunately this weekend's Brisbane line-up has been slashed in half and the festival is now down to one stage and been shifted to indoors.

News / Music

Twelve Foot Ninja Announce Split With Vocalist Nik 'Kin Etik' Barker

"As hard as it is to leave, I feel ready to step away from this role."

Reviews / Album

Album Review: Twelve Foot Ninja - 'Vengeance'

"Twelve Foot Ninja are still one of the country's most invigorating bands no matter what genre(s) they turn their deft hands to."

News / Music

Twelve Foot Ninja Have Something Way Wilder Than Just A New Album Coming

"I really hope our fans enjoy the vastness of what we’ve created."

News / Music

Jinjer Ninja: Twelve Foot Ninja Add Some Jinjer Spice To Their New Tune

"Tatiana embodies what we needed for this track perfectly so asking her to feature on it was a no brainer."

News / Music

The Masters Of Stealth & Fusion: Twelve Foot Ninja Are Back With A 'Vengeance'

The mad scientists of rock fusion, Twelve Foot Ninja, are BACK, armed with new music, a new album 'Vengeance' on the horizon and more (in fact, so much more that we actually can't fit it all into this intro).

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja, Caligula’s Horse, I Built The Sky

"What a way to open the new calendar year of live music."

Reviews / Live

Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja, Osaka Punch, Humality

"This must be what an underworld jazz club sounds like."

Features / Music

The Number One Thing: Remember To Take The Piss Out Of Yourself

"He's actually a big fan of the band, which is crazy to have Vinnie Paul ask us to take a picture with him."