Interview: Cross Sixx of BLVKTHRN
Conducted by Ash for 109.9 KVLT
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Ash: You just released your custom model guitars with Jaques Guitars. Tell us about them.
Cross Sixx:
They’re weapons, not decorations. I wanted something that felt ritualistic—like the guitar already knows what it’s meant to say before you plug it in. The shapes, the weight, the artwork—it’s all intentional. These aren’t meant to hang on walls. They’re meant to survive tours, studios, sweat, and blood. Jaques understood that immediately, which is why this worked.
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Ash: Who are your influences? How would you describe your sound?
Cross Sixx:
The influences are heavy, but not just musically. Doom, black metal, industrial, slow burns, bands that let silence and space hurt just as much as noise. Sound-wise, BLVKTHRN lives in pressure. It’s not fast for the sake of speed—it’s deliberate, crushing, patient. Music that doesn’t ask for your attention. It takes it.
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Ash: Do the stories influence the aesthetics and look of your guitars?
Cross Sixx:
Completely. The stories are the spine. The guitars reflect that—symbols, scars, crosses, decay. Nothing clean, nothing accidental. Each guitar looks like it came out of the same world as the songs and books. If it didn’t feel like it belonged in that universe, it didn’t make the cut.
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Ash: Do you prefer the studio or live performances?
Cross Sixx:
The studio is where the rituals happen. That’s where you carve the thing into existence. Live is different—it’s confrontation. You’re not perfect live, and that’s the point. Studio is control. Live is surrender. I need both.
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Ash: Any advice to young players?
Cross Sixx:
Stop chasing gear and start chasing voice. Learn how to listen before you try to be loud. Don’t play what you think people want—play what won’t leave you alone. And don’t rush. Heavy music ages better when it’s earned.
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BLVKTHRN airs regularly on 109.9 KVLT, where the instruments, the stories, and the scars all come from the same place.
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