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o, is Sixx:A.M. dangerous? James are the strongest when you’re the most happened.”
SMichael answers, “I guess that’s honest and sincere.” He explains, “There is an ebb and a
one way of looking at it. It’s always been ex- Sixx:A.M. are definitely a strong band, flow to how life works, not only on a per-
tremely important to us to be very honest and new album, ‘Prayers For The Damned’, sonal level but on a global level; we go
with the message of our music and have the first of two volumes of a double album, through phases where things fall apart,
everything that we write and everything that is a very strong, honest and sincere piece where we’re faced with adversity, where
we put out there lyrically be very important of work. It begins with ‘Rise’, a song that is tragedy happens, and in those moments we
to us. And I think that’s the advice that we a call to action to those standing up for are reminded how important it is to come
give anyone that’s trying to do anything rel- their beliefs. It also ends with another ‘rise’ together. It is difficult. What I like about the
evant in the music business. You have to be - ‘Rise Of The Melancholy Empire’, where way that this record ends, with ‘Rise Of The
honest, because if you don’t express your- James sings ‘we will grow strong from this, Melancholy Empire’, you pointed out that
self honestly you really have nothing to fall we will not be defeated’. There’s a chant at chanting at the end, the beginning of Vol-
back on. So, I think as far as saying danger- the end as if it’s a protest. James says that ume 2, which will come out later this year,
ous, I think that when you do something the album “starts with strength with the actually starts right at that point, so you will
that matters to you, then people that op- song ‘Rise’, with the idea of coming to- actually hear that chanting continue on into
pose you or people that don’t see things gether and rising up and starting to make a the beginning of the next song, the very
the same way can definitely see that as a difference, and then with ‘Rise Of The first song of the next record. It is a contin-
dangerous influence, but I think really what Melancholy Empire’ it deals with coming uing story and once we release Volume 2 a
he’s just referring to is just the fact that you back together after something tragic has lot more is going to be revealed about the

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