KK’s Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner (2021)

[Aordave89]

Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing is officially back with some new music as KK’s Priest, which also features Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen) on lead vocals, Tony Newton on bass, A.J. Mills on guitar and Sean Elg on drums have released a video for their debut single “Hellfire Thunderbolt” from their upcoming debut album Sermons of The Sinner, which will be available via Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Records on August 20, 2021. 

 

01. Incarnation

02. Hellfire Thunderbolt

03. Sermons of The Sinner

04. Sacerdote Y Diablo

05. Raise Your Fists

06. Brothers of the Road

07. Metal Through And Through

08. Wild And Free

09. Hail To The Priest

10. Return of The Sentinel

 

First single ‘Hellfire Thunderbolt’ -

 

Sounds pretty much like I thought it would - I like it. I think there will be better on the album but it’s a good first taste. Nice video too. 

[Darkstone]

Killer stuff, but I think he's doing himself a disservice with the Band name. 

[Dead Planet]

Good stuff, another to pick up.....

[martinsane]

22 hours ago, Darkstone said:

Killer stuff, but I think he's doing himself a disservice with the Band name. 

Agreed on both counts.

Seems he could have just as easily called the project Downing and that would have been that.

[Darkstone]

42 minutes ago, martinsane said:

Agreed on both counts.

Seems he could have just as easily called the project Downing and that would have been that.

Spot on. 

Pretty much anything without "Priest" in the name.

 

 

[Metal T]

Good stuff,sounds like it could of come off 'Jugulator'.That band name...it distracts from what is probably a a solid metal record.Haven't we learned the lessons from Oliver/Dawson Saxon...Riley's LA Guns etc yet.....?

 

[Jez]

Quite like that..will defo be checking out the album

[AlphaMale]

Great tune!

[Dead Planet]

In a new interview with Rock Hard Greece, K.K. reveals how the band name KK's Priest came about, stating: "What happened was... I heard what the fans are saying, but, I think a lot of fans will understand that I have been a Priest since 1968. I've wanted to be a Priest since '68. I've traversed the road of the evolution of music as we know it today. We went from blues, when I was young, to progressive blues to rock to hard rock to heavy rock to heavy metal. I've been on that journey. So, I believe that I have a right to continue as a Priest, because some of the guys in Priest now, I haven't met them, and they're playing my songs, which is fine. But if they have a right to be a Priest, then I have a right to be a Priest. And I can't start something absolutely new. I can't sound like a new guitar player. I can't write like a new guitar player. So everything I do is gonna be reminiscent of the past to the fans. So, that's what I decided. And I think it's gonna be absolutely fine, I really do. And the face of KK's Priest, and the being, that will evolve, and that will be on the journey with us. There's so much yet to come... there's more videos, more songs coming your way. And there's more albums to come also."

Apparently Judas Priest's management aren't happy with the name KK's Priest. Downing reveals, "Their lawyers sent a letter to my record company, making threats of legal action if I went forward with KK's Priest, so it's already happened." He adds, "But for the moment, nothing happened. I think they made the threat but decided not to follow through with the threat. But they made the threat to try to stop me making the band."

Asked by Rock Hard Greece's Sakis Fragos about what might happen when KK's Priest performs Judas Priest music live, K.K. says (laughing), "They're gonna sound fantastic."

[auslander]

The name he chose is different enough that there is no way he'd lose in court unless he signed some contract specifically that he can't use the words Judas or Priest in any future endeavours.

[Metal T]

Looking forward to this disc...the way I see it Ken is a founder member so i'm good with the name.

[Stefan]

New videos.

 

 

 

 

[Metal T]

Drops on Oct 1.....

[Metal T]

A nice listen,although nothing that has really blown me away so far...impressed with some of Ken's guitar work on this.

[hrdrck70]

Listened to it twice. It has some moments but overall it's just okay.

[Jez]

Liking this quite a bit. Absolutely no surprises whatsoever, but a good classic metal album

[whiplash1972]

Revisited this one today… 

For whatever reason, it didn’t do much for me when it came out last year, but it really hit the spot today. Good, solid metal that’s better than quite a few of Judas Priest’s releases from the last 25 years. Well worth checking out 👍