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X-Mas in Hell

2008 extended play by Sixx:A.M.

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ8041460 ↗
Source-derived summary

X-Mas in Hell is an EP by Sixx:A.M., side project of Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx. It was released June 10, 2008, and was a digital download only release.

Editorial summary

“X-Mas in Hell” enters the record as 2008 extended play by Sixx:A.M. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what X-Mas, Hell and extended can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2008-06-10. Its strongest next move is a source search built around X-Mas, Hell and extended.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“X-Mas in Hell” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, X-Mas, Hell and extended provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8041460. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
Verify next

The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “X-Mas in Hell”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow X-Mas in Hell primary sources, X-Mas in Hell archive and X-Mas research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “X-Mas in Hell”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “X-Mas in Hell” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.