Twelve Foot Ninja Vengeance CD

Australia’s maniacal rock-fusioneers Twelve Foot Ninja release of their long-anticipated third album, VENGEANCE.

Twelve Foot Ninja has never neatly fifi t into one musical genre, and true to form, VENGEANCE sees them explore a whole new rich sonic palette. In a sense, the album-cover artwork says it all – a decrepit ’80s-era arcade video game listing sideways after being rudely plunge into the cracked earth of a dystopic wasteland. It’s a place where pinball meets post-truth.

But rest assured that everything that fans hold dear about Twelve Foot Ninja remains intact in VENGEANCE: be it their genre-bending ability to segue seamlessly from one style to another; the inspired musicality to every composition; drummer Shane Russell’s muscular beats and tasty percussive flourishes; vocalist Kin Etik’s unrivalled ability to shift from a husky baritone, crooning falsetto and barrel-chested roar in a single line, while laying down a colourful backdrop of counter-melodies and rich harmonies; and of course, the virtuosic guitarwork of Rohan Hayes and Stevic Mackay.