In July 2015, Nikki Sixx announced that they would release two albums in 2016.

[4] On March 1, 2016, the band announced that the title of the first of these two albums would be "Prayers for the Damned" and released its lead single, "Rise".

[5] Prayers for the Damned received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 71/100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

[6] All tracks are written by DJ Ashba, James Michael and Nikki Sixx