KK's Priest 'Sermons of the Sinner' Album Unleashed

KK’s Priest, comprised of renowned former Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing and former vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens, released their debut album ‘Sermons Of The Sinner’ on October 1st - landing at #1 on Billboard’s Top New Artist chart and #2 in the UK Rock & Metal chart.

Ken ‘K.K.’ Downing spent six months writing and recording ‘Sermons Of The Sinner’, resurrecting a few archived riffs along with newly gathered ideas. Topping physical album charts in Sweden and Finland in its first week of release, the record has also now been critically acclaimed throughout the world of metal by the likes of Blabbermouth, Guitar World, Metal insider, New Noise Mag and many others.

Downing’s genre-defining guitar style helped establish Judas Priest‘s iconic sound and propelled them to their status as one of the most successful Heavy Metal bands of all-time, earning numerous accolades including a GRAMMY® in 2010 for “Best Metal Performance,” a total of five GRAMMY® nominations and several platinum and gold releases.

In Downing’s own words, ‘Sermons Of The Sinner’ is a love letter to metal music, and to the devoted followers who have supported it.

“I'm talking about the die hard fans that are not going anywhere. They're not certainly going to jump on a different genre of music just because a lot of their heroes are unfortunately passing away. And that sentiment is in this album where we said in the title track, ‘time is running out for us, things may never be the same, but the sermons of the sinner center can help us rise again.’ Because you never know when the last gig is going to be the last gig, so to speak. I'm pretty optimistic. I'm working on material for the second album.” - Ken ‘K.K.’ Downing

Out now via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records to download, stream and purchase - grab your copy at kkspriest.com, and catch the epic video for ‘Hellfire Thunderbolt’ - the first track released from the album in May 2021.