''Outlier'' is the second studio album by the

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Twelve Foot Ninja Twelve Foot Ninja are an Australian Heavy metal music, 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 (rhyt ...

. It was released on 26 August 2016 and contains ten tracks, with one bonus track. The album entered the ARIA Albums Chart at #6 during its first week of release.

Critical reception

''Outlier'' received critical acclaim on release. Carl Neumann of ''Heavy'' magazine called the album "superb" and wrote. "Twelve Foot Ninja are truly masters of incorporating elements into heavy music that would otherwise just sound ridiculous, and ''Outlier'' is a shining example of heavy metal fusion done right."

Track listing

Personnel

* Kin Etik –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

* Steve "Stevic" MacKay –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Rohan Hayes –

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Damon McKinnon –

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* Shane "Russ" Russell –

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Additional musicians: * Ben Grayson - keyboards on tracks 1 & 7 * Dorian West - horns on track 7 * Sam Evans - tablas on track 8 * Lana Rita Sayah - backing vocals on track 3 * Sachi MacKay - experimental vocals on track 10 * Mr. Bill - IDM production on track 8 * Remi Gallego - matrix production on track 2 * Keith Draws - art direction, illustration * Reuben Bhattacharya - graphic design, album layout

Charts

References

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