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n 2016, Sixx:A.M. took fans on a new journey. It o who is damned and who is blessed (be-
Ssides us for getting to interview James
Icame in the form of not one but two full-length al- again)? The frontman begins, telling us, “That’s
bums. ‘Prayers For The Blessed Vol. 2’, released in No- part of what I’ve enjoyed about making both of
these records, is kind of raising that question and
vember, follows ‘Prayers For The Damned Vol. 1’, I think that what happens somewhere in the
released in April. Yes, that’s two 11-track albums re- process of absorbing both of these albums, you do
find yourself asking, “What am I? Am I damned or
leased just six months apart. ‘Prayers For The Blessed’ am I blessed, and if so, why?” and I think what that
follows on from where ‘Prayers For The Damned’ left off did, for all of us, was raise the question, “What
makes someone damned or blessed?” As you tran-
and takes us on a further rollercoaster ride, revealing a sition from Volume 1 into Volume 2 and you have a
kaleidoscope of emotions and revelations. Black Velvet song like ‘Barbarians’, where you are clearly, at
one point, feeling that you are victimized, so you’re
had talked to frontman James Michael six months ago rising up against society or whatever it may be that
about ‘Prayers For The Damned’, so we made sure that was keeping you down and at some point you find
yourself acting barbaric in a way to protect your
we were blessed with another chat this time around for own rights. That’s what I really enjoyed about this;
Volume 2. who is damned and who is blessed? There really
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