TWELVE FOOT NINJA Over and Out feat Tatiana Shmayluk Composer Reaction and Dissection

[@Hellknight27]

They have toured together Geebz and Tatyana jumped at the chance to collaborate with them when asked. And yes, the video that goes with this is also very creative and would have been distracting to you. Highly recommended watching it.

[@K31R616]

The video is tremendous xD

[@forrestburke]

The video for this IS truly amazing!! So creative and very silly at times but a work of art in my opinion. I love TFN

[@mrsniffleupagus]

A little bit of info.... TFN finished the album in 2020 but because of the pandemic they held on the release. During the hold off they brushed over the album and Tatiana was able to add her vocals.

[@mattscrutton]

Administer the dream gravy.

[@clwoods922]

Tatiana has an amazing voice, but Kin has a voice like butter. It gives me comfort every time I hear it.

[@chameleon-dream-band-official]

Stevic is classically trained and really understands composition. I've had the pleasure of meeting him and he's a super nice guy. Happy to see their music really starting to gain recognition.

[@CookMeSomeDamnEggs]

too bad they're breaking up

[@jamesmcinerney4027]

Administer the dream gravy!

[@Loganopterix]

Your channel is special to me. I don't really like react channels usually. I'm not looking for validation that the thing is cool. I like what I like. What you do that I really like is you help me recognize the *nuances* that make the stuff I like more special. You explain it in ways I can't because I'm an uneducated listener. And I appreciate all the videos you do. So thank you for this.

[@lonniejamesgames]

Well said, dude.

[@lancelotbeuville7944]

thanks for articulating for us my man

[@woolybear]

TFN was my discovery of the year back in 2013. They don't drop album very often, but they're all masterpieces. Plus their videos are such a blast to watch! Cheers, man!

[@stephendedalus4566]

I then 2013, 50 of age and then still fit, unfortunately divorced my wife, got a new job as a CEO (what?), at verily company, and at that time, two jobs, and a new woman to boot: My companion 100 miles away was TFN, F No More , The Algorithm, and Soundgarden, nevermind: Tu ais raison. TFN saved, or else, from my noose. Cheers from derelict Sweden.

[@bburchibanez2]

This album is fantastic. If you want to check out some more of it, I have to recommend the track titled "IDK". Such a fun and unique track.

[@vladimirvelikov8115]

Yes! It is very unique track even by their standards but overall the album is fantastic and as usual each track is fresh

[@RogerLaLoutre]

Both this track and the next, "Shock to the System" are so much fun (goddamn I can't get enough of that tango break)

[@vladimirvelikov8115]

@@RogerLaLoutre Absolutely!

[@deadheadsteve532]

Yes, IDK is contender for top track, BUT SO ARE THE OTHER 9

[@richardpozyczka3950]

Absolutley love IDK!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@Natsirt666]

8:50 - 8:55 lmao! This is why i love you dude!

[@VividAbominations]

The coolest thing about this band is how they write and record these songs in pieces. Their guitarist actually produced and recorded this album. The drummer records with a Roland V-Drum kit all with high end drum samples, and the bass playing is all programmed midi tracks. They show what is possible without a big studio, and without even all being present in the same studio. They write their parts and email them back in forth. Stevic is the guitarist/producer, and he's the big visionary of the band, with the insane skill in all these wacky genres they can play. They are all huge Mr. Bungle fans.

[@iwouldrathereatbugz3255]

I remember Shane Russell wearing Mr bungle tshirts at high school

[@Manu-Official]

still makes me wonder how they produce all those brass and string tracks and bring it to orchestra levels.

[@teivatruesdale3519]

They got ℍ𝕒𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟 𝔽𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕕 to play bass on this album.

[@13flaws18]

@@Manu-Official if you check the album credits the get real musos to play those parts.

[@Manu-Official]

@@13flaws18 Thank you, hahaha I was listening to them earlier in the car, and once again wondering about the brass strings sections. Cheers :)

[@deadheadsteve532]

Yes Geebz! Yes! Dive deeper into the TFN pool! One of us! Time to administer the dream gravy.. I highly recommend you give IDK and Tangled a listen. Tangled is probably the closest thing to an actual ballad they've ever written, and IDK is pure weaponised ADHD genre vomit with the best groove I've heard in months. Love your work. I'm always still here.

[@TheOriginalHairyDave]

"Weaponised ADHD genre vomit" is the best description of IDK I think I've seen... bravo 👏

[@TheFlungpoo23]

They’re so good. Favorite band of the last 20 years. The entire new album Vengeance is amazing. IDK is def awesome!!!

[@mattm1438]

This collaboration was my favorite two bands in the world so it was a dream come true. I love watching you react these videos, because I dissect things in a lot of the same way you do even though I'm not a composer or anything like that. Just a person who's loved music his whole life and has a really good ear. People don't understand when I tell them that music can actually give me the chills or goosebumps, or as you call it chicken skin. I've tried to explain to people that I listen to music on a different level and in a different way than most people do and they don't get it, but now I know that I'm not alone!

[@V3xxe]

Wooo! More Twelve Foot Ninja! Niiiiiice! Their new album is excellent, I would recommend all of it. Gotta say this is one of their more "conventional" tracks on the album. There's some that have full synthwave in em!

[@V3xxe]

Hahaha I wasn't expecting you to give Nik Nocturnal a shout out too 😂

[@tt1147]

@@V3xxe Ahh Nik Nocturnal, the guy who only comments on popular videos to get views?

[@V3xxe]

@@tt1147 What? I've not seen him do that. I've watched his channel for ages, I've enjoyed his guitar stuff.

[@DTfan43]

@Matthew Gammon with all the shit going on now, there's got to be more to life than downvoting something that really doesn't affect you in the slightest. Human race needs to grow up.

[@ibuiltthesky]

They are also the nicest of guys, love em !!

[@scottsmith5533]

A lot of the tone or low tunings come from the line 6 gear they use, the shuriken variax guitars allow you to change tunings, guitar models and with the models, different pickups with a turn of a knob or using your pick up toggle, the line 6 pedals also store your guitar tunings in the pedals, so instead of flicking the knobs the pedal does it all, the cool thing about the tunings is your guitar stays tuned to E standard, but it can be dropped I think as low as G without touching the tuning pegs, also has acoustic guitar models, uke, banjo and sitar built in the tech, really cool guitars

[@trevorwalden6097]

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG! Twelve Foot Ninja's new record is killer!

[@stanislawrybinski]

dream gravy

[@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore]

Can I say, thank you for doing this, TFN are amazing and don't get anywhere near the credit they deserve

[@iwouldrathereatbugz3255]

I went to school with the drummer Shane Russell what a bloody nice guy. He was super talented back then too. These guys rock

[@raddover]

Russ is a bloody legend mate. 👍👍

[@nicholasxridiculous]

This whole album is pretty great with the hooks and arrangements! And Tatiana from Jinjer killed it! One of the catchiest choruses I've heard in many years!

[@aawells07]

I absolutely LOVE listening to this with you and hearing you get a lot of joy out of it.

[@TheGodshatter]

Please administer the dream gravy bro!

[@CloakerJosh]

I'm so glad whenever I see these guys get exposure. Such a powerful, unique band.

[@cikame]

Hearing you've got other stuff going on makes me want to say thanks for spending your time with us :D

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

There's a couple of videos of their guitarist demoing his signature guitar at namm. Well worth checking out. It's a proper bit of wizardry.

[@Homerlovesbeer2]

Link?

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

@@Homerlovesbeer2 here's one of them kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6m0dIqhd6iBY9U

[@Homerlovesbeer2]

@@lungfulldrummer8921 thanks. Very interesting!

[@TheGregh1977]

their song one hand killing is great

[@Metaljonus]

The video is a fucking trip. Love this song!

[@wallflower630]

This is a feast for the senses. I've never heard of them, but love this song. Visually stimulating too. A trip for the imagination :). Will check out some more of their stuff. Happy Monday Geebz.

[@yokel_honda]

I’m envious of the journey you’re about to experience! Enjoy!

[@wallflower630]

@@yokel_honda Their video's are... interesting lol. Lovin the music.

[@ShaniAce]

Ooooh I didn't know this is your second Twelve Foot Ninja video already! Would love to seea video on their song 'Mother Sky'!

[@pistoff7697]

I really enjoyed your commentary on this. Music seemed so stagnant for a long time until Jinjer entered my brain. KZbin recommended this track to me, and now I love Twelve Foot Ninja. It’s pretty exciting to know there’s still good shit out there. 🤘

[@chrisp.14]

Yeahhhh, finally someone talked about that really unique major-minor switch in the (anyway amazing) chorus. What a song!

[@rondeezy_thepancakeslayer1242]

Yaaaas more TFN! Love these guys!

[@gwildor]

Fellow countrymen ✌️❤️🇦🇺 Great live performers as well..

[@xRamZx]

Like many have said already, this album is such a fantastic journey!

[@s_bee]

I love that you've done this one! I was hopeful, knowing you'd done TFN before and of course, Jinjer. I have this album (yeah, I'm that old, I still listen to albums) on repeat currently. The video is hilarious as usual from these guys. The first single was released via a video game, plus there's a full, very nearly 1000 page novel, based on the back story of the idea that was the Twelve Foot Ninja.... I mean the creativity is just mind blowing 🤯 and the music hooks me every time.

[@Kelly.sapphire]

Twelve Foot Ninja does a great job of mixing genres and making great songs. Great musicians who keep the fun in their music.

[@Eric998765]

As an OG twelve foot ninja fan this is my favorite song of there’s in the last several years. I love love love Tatiana s clean voice

[@eqgilethan]

Definitely check out the official video. It is wonderfully bizarre! (and yes, Tati appears in the video) To be honest, I hope you post it as I would like to see your reaction to the video. As others have mentioned TFN and Jinjer toured together and became friends, thus the invite from Kin Etik to Tatiana to collab. The fact that Tatiana gave a definite yes without hearing a single note of the song or having any idea what it was about says something about their mutual respect. To me their voices complement one another so beautifully.

[@laxstateofmind]

The music video for this track is AMAZING by the way

[@liamnissanS2K]

Gosh I love this channel.

[@Prognosis__]

Another super band from my country. These guys are so much fun to listen to. Never any boring songs. Thanks for the video

[@Fredrikliljemark32]

But Opeth(in your avatar) are from Sweden. 😉👍

[@jamesthemachinedean]

Karnivool and opus of a machine are my favourite oz bands

[@Prognosis__]

@@jamesthemachinedean Caligulas horse is great too

[@jamesthemachinedean]

@@Prognosis__ aye I only have rise radiant by them though.

[@itouchmyshellfish]

Gotta watch the video clip for this song Geebz, brilliance😁

[@kenny.m.olsen95]

Heck yessssssssssss love your modern metal reactions

[@baronofgreymatter14]

The video is a must with this song

[@plantdesigns7889]

That synth sequence at 11:39 really brings up Faith No More: Angel Dust (album) vibes

[@ISOrider72]

One of the most underrated bands of the last 10 years , imho.And the new album takes no step back , another masterpiece , again. I am happy that they get moire and more credits for their unique and impressive music and the collab with Tatjana is a blast! Btw their music videos are storytelling epicness...Monty Python on dope doing intelligent Djent-Prog hits it most for me , always fun to watch. And don`t miss it if you get the chance to see them live!

[@Goldie1977]

Awe man 👏👏👏 good eggs fella! You should watch the video now you’ve reacted. It’s absolutely hilarious. “Administer the dream gravy “ 😂😂😂😂

[@plantdesigns7889]

Followed by disgusting slurping sounds😂😂😂😂

[@Goldie1977]

@@plantdesigns7889 😂😂😂😂

[@SparkimusPrime]

One of my favorite songs to come out this year 🖤

[@grrrom991]

A friend of mine met Jinjer when they did a gig in Cape Town, so jealous

[@scosstard3542]

Awesome!!!!! This song is really cool and catchy ,I would have expected something a bit more climactic though. Still very good collaboration between two of the most creative band of the modern Metal scene. Thanks for getting back to TFN . Great stuff mate! PS: we can see that your shoulder is really hurting, hope things will be better soon for you and all will be well with the operation you mentioned in another video. Take care!

[@Flugmorph]

the music video is indeed bonkers, hope you had fun with that one haha

[@anthonypekic3081]

Such a banging album as well. Can't get enough

[@bencubus1814]

Stevic (the guitarist) is an absolute genius. Not only does he have his own signature design guitar and pedal set up that can change tunings mid song, but he also engineers and produces the albums and used to be a lecturer. Not exactly what he and the band are doing now. They now only have 3/5 members, which is an absolute shame, but very grateful for the work they have done nonetheless. I think you'd really enjoy chatting with Stevic about how he produces TFN albums. I'm 90% sure that the horns in this track were programmed in by midi. The drums are all recorded on Roland electronic kits to save on cost as well.

[@SenseMusicMedia]

Thanks so much my man... killer breakdown as always. It's always fun to watch you light up the same way I do to the music I love. Artists are special people 🤘❤🎵

[@jeffwellman8347]

They toured together. React to Jinjer 's OLV for "Bad Water" , at the end of it you can hear Tatiana calling out 12 Foot Ninja in Russian.

[@pattonger]

Love his voice and the base.

[@JaySay]

Was thinking about it before, but i'm gonna guess now that the last vid before the break is going to be a full length album breakdown for Undertow. Excited if so, excited to see if not, Geebz! P.S. - I don't recall if I saw another vid on these guys before from ya, but had to look these guys up and their singer. I got really hard Five Finger Death Punch vibes from some of the deeper phrases he was hitting, and had to see who he was. Pretty good song, and a pounding, heavy riff throughout the track. Loved this one, Geebz! Might check out more of them soon, keep on rockin', man!

[@Pulsed101]

You're right, the video is really cool too

[@vladimirvelikov8115]

So happy you are back to TFN. My favourite band in the last months! As usual I love your analysis, you can hear the uniqueness in this band. As others say - their last album is great. Please, react to IDK indeed. They are phenomenal in creating such a piece.

[@SilviaAfurisita]

I know what you mean about the track sounding so fresh and different, it has a vibe I love. I also prefer Tatiana's clean singing in this collaboration to her usual style in Jinjer, it worked so well. Gonna check out more Twelve Foot Ninja i think :)

[@tallicadude]

My personal fav album of 2021

[@13flaws18]

You need to check out Vengeance(title track) and tangled is an absolutely beautiful song

[@HairgelAddict]

Great video! I think you'll enjoy their song called "Coming for you"

[@thepuckmonkey]

If you want fresh... David Maxim Micic's band Sordid Pink is just that. I really like their song Freak and FU is a lot of fun. Great vid as always, Geebz

[@danmaynard7509]

Twelve Foot are the masters of huge outros! If you dug that outro, you'd have a field day with some of their other stuff.

[@TheFlungpoo23]

You should hear the album!!!

[@badm0t0rf1nger]

The video for this is a *gem* of absurdist dreamsurf #MusicVideoOfTheYear I'm loving that they let their FNM/MrBungle influences flow out in this one. Kin & Tatiana's voices compliment each other a treat imho, that chorus is *hella* catchy, & the orchestration towards the end is quite beautiful. :)

[@Audard]

Awwww man... you always have to do the official video clips for TFN. This is one of my favourite videos, the direction and art style is superb and they crank weirdness and metaphors up to 11. Some day when you can, check out Soilwork - Spectrum of Eternity.

[@masonshucart7055]

The coolest part about this band is the fact the guitarist uses a "modeling" guitar so he can change his tuning on the fly and keep the strings in a standard e tension. So all the cool drop tunings and acoustic guitar stuff can be played on one electric guitar. I believe it's called the line 6 shuriken.

[@johnlundeen911]

Once I "discovered" 12 Foot Ninja five years ago, I haven't turned back. It's an underrated song, but check out "Oxygen," similar to "one hand killing," it exemplifies their talent & sound. If you want to mix it up, super-talented female drummer Meytal does an awesome drum cover of "Oxygen." Might be fun to isolate the drums (any artist) in a reaction video? Certainly, your area of expertise!

[@jonfoy9166]

That's pretty cool. ✌

[@damnitface77]

You really will love taking a dive into the rest of the Vengeance Album. They really took a lot of chances that when I heard for the first time, I couldn't believe that they would have made the decisions that they did and, its really new and fresh and powerful. I hope you do dive in. You will thank yourself for it.

[@gggladio5675]

Hey Geebz, what about the Danish band Mnemic? It would be great to react to "Jack Vegas", a powerful Song indeed!

[@V3xxe]

I need to listen to them again, not heard em in ages!

[@Loganopterix]

Yes pls mnemic fuckin ruled so much

[@Xenfold]

Mnemic was one of the most revolutionary bands in the genre in the earlier 2000's, the perfect hybrid of metal and futuristic vibes.

[@Loganopterix]

@@Xenfold big agree. You likely already know, but some members were in scarve. I slightly prefer them more. But mnemic is absolutely amazing. Up there with sybreed for me.

[@Xenfold]

@@Loganopterix Scarve was awesome too, especially that track they did with Thordendal from Meshuggah. Plus, Dirk is the man.

[@logannewman4532]

Twelve Foot Ninja "IDK". It's short, the lyrics are closely tied to the composition so I strongly suggest reading them WHILE you listen. Even if you don't feature it on the channel. Please check that song out.

[@chocolatethunda2157]

You should listen to some Intronaut. Check out Fast Worms or The Cull.

[@ZachComa]

The guitars are Line 6 Shuriken Variaxes, which are able to produce any sound in any tuning at any time. Check out Stevic's demo of it kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6m0dIqhd6iBY9U

[@deadheadsteve532]

If Batman ever designed/bought a guitar, it would be the Variax. Absolute weapon of an instrument. So much variety!

[@joshburris4309]

You should do gyroscope by In Flames!

[@deftone366]

Great song!

[@mtjm]

Best record of the year!

[@Chimera420]

There're a lot of those this year

[@damiengrief]

Twelve Foot Ninja is awesome. Such a fun prog band. Don't take themselves too seriously. This whole album is great. One of my favorites of the year.

[@blairmillward8408]

awesome! love twelve foot. If Protest the Hero made it to your countdown list, can the song please be Bone Marrow?

[@alexisann666]

YESSSS 😁😁😁

[@logannewman4532]

This music video is so good! It gave me the same feeling I got the first time I saw the video for Black Hole Sun. Perfect level of weirdness.

[@robblanchard1097]

You should check out, American Head Charge - Just So You Know

[@indridcold1206]

Shuriken Variax Namm 2018. Type that into KZbin its Stevic their guitarist explaining his setup and sound. It's really cool

[@nicolasbrunelle2189]

TFN 🤘 i think this track is the more "ordinary" TFN can go but you have to react to IDK

[@tofubutcher7456]

A note on the tone: The guitars are a a collaboration between Line 6 and Yamaha, using the design notes of Twelve Foot Ninja guitarist Steve MacKay, called a Line6 Variax Shuriken. They are awesome guitars, I want to get good enough at guitar so I can justify buying one 😂

[@PolyGrapheneee]

Plz do 'inside your fur' or 'inmazes' by Vola. Heavy music but with melodic soothing vocals.

[@Oceanic83]

Mr. Bungle followed by Twelve Foot Ninja. I'm a happy guy. I'm glad you first heard the audio before the video because the video is distracting with a long intro and stuff, but still worth checking out. Like others have said, IDK would be another good pick from this album, along with Mother Sky off of their first LP.

[@brownsworthy7323]

Did you know that Bär Mckinnon from Mr Bungle actually performed on some of Twelve Foot Ninjas early releases.

[@Oceanic83]

@@brownsworthy7323 Oh wow, I didn't know that! I gotta revisit their early stuff again.

[@pauliusci8605]

Please do the Earthside - Contemplation of The Beautiful!!! 🙏

[@motchness]

plez review liberation, deluge and oxygen by the ninja that is twelve feets please

[@Egoblivion]

They're like Djentcore plus some Faith No More and Mr. Bungle...not to mention the guy even sounds like Mike Patton...but all of that in a good way! 😎

[@Fredrikliljemark32]

Thanks! Great video as usual. Please react to Castaway Angels with Leprous.

[@camlloyd3321]

Awesome collaboration. You should watch the video sometime even if you don't react to it. It is a creative mind tweak.

[@anthrax442]

I wish you deconstructed the full video

[@DarrenKing-dsb]

You HAVE to do IDK from the same album...you'll love it!

[@K31R616]

In regards to the end of the music video... "Self-realization is the annihilation of self"

[@LifeOfBryan8]

Also watch Stevic’s guitar set up videos. He does some real cool unique stuff.

[@coldmoonlight6361]

This makes me sad.... The vocalist, Kin(Nik) is leaving the band. They're apparently doing one last album with him, it'll be acoustic. They've released one song for it so far, it's called Everywhere I Look.

[@BUD420MAN]

When I saw this video premier a couple weeks ago and knew this would be reacted to.. Great song!!..Just didn't think it would be before JR & LH - Ho's Down!! lol 🤙✌😊 AWWWRIGHT!! Oh, And 12 Foot Ninja is like a killer mix of Korn and Michael Bublé !!! I gotta go now ..cause "I'm busier then a cat trying to burry shit......on concrete!!

[@badash1738]

It would be a shame if you didn't review more of them! That fresh experience is one way to describe most of their songs! Ear tic tacs! Shuriken is awesome!