Australia’s Twelve Foot Ninja have just released their long-awaited third full-length album Vengeance – and at the same time a high fantasy novel – that has already sold over half of its print run before release date. The sample chapters made available on the website highlighted the immersive story-telling and intriguing characters in the novel, inspiring a rush on pre-orders of the 1000 page paperback from the band’s website. The album and novel are available for purchase at https://www.twelvefootninja.com/merch.
The title track Vengeance features a squall of industrial-grade synthesized guitars intercut by a patter of digital beats and a sinewy, Tokyo-tech cabaret feel. The ominous intro builds the tension to an expected crescendo, only to pull it back which forces you to focus on the lyrics….seemingly a deliberate decision aligned with the band’s much talked about prioritization on wordsmithing of this album.
