Sermons of the Sinner

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev1score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/sermons-of-the-sinner|title=Reviews – Sermons of the Sinner|website=Blabbermouth.net|last=Gorania|first=Jay H.|access-date=3 October 2023}}

| rev2 = Kerrang!

| rev2score = 3/5{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-kks-priest-sermons-of-the-sinner|title=Album review: KK's Priest – Sermons of the Sinner|magazine=Kerrang!|last=Beebee|first=Steve|date=29 September 2021|access-date=3 October 2023}}

| rev3 = Louder

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/kks-priests-sermons-of-the-sinner-is-the-bonus-priest-album-you-werent-expecting|title=KK's Priest's Sermons of the Sinner is the bonus Priest album you weren't expecting|website=Louder|last=Lawson|first=Dom|date=1 October 2021|access-date=3 October 2023}}

| rev4 = Metal Injection

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/kks-priest-sermons-of-the-sinner|title=Album Review: K.K.'s Priest Sermons of the Sinner|website=Metal Injection|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=1 October 2021|access-date=3 October 2023}}

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Chad Bowar of Metal Injection observed that "as you would expect", the album "is very similar to Judas Priest" with tracks that are "pretty focused". Bowar concluded that Downing has "delivered a debut album that celebrates metal's past while still looking to the future". Both Bowar and Steve Beebee of Kerrang! were critical of the length of "Metal Through and Through", with Beebee going on to say the album "feels less like an alternative and more like a supplement to Judas Priest, small variations on very similar themes. But does it rock? Holy hell, yes."

Dom Lawson of Louder described it as "a balls-out heavy metal record, not unlike the ones he used to make with that band he used to be in" and felt that "a slight air of petulance permeates this whole thing, as if the six-string legend is purposefully doing Priesty things in the Priestest way possible" by recruiting Tim "Ripper" Owens. Jay H. Gorania of Blabbermouth.net stated that while the spirit of Judas Priest "doesn't feel as though it has been rekindled as any kind of forced throw-back or cash-grab" as "the sounds are familiar, authentic and moving", "at its worst, though, KK's Priest has the feel of a Priest tribute act" but that "the obvious weak links are fortunately few and far between".

{{Track listing

| headline = Sermons of the Sinner track listing

| all_writing = K. K. Downing

| title1 = Incarnation

| length1 = 0:58

| title2 = Hellfire Thunderbolt

| length2 = 3:49

| title3 = Sermons of the Sinner

| length3 = 5:25

| title4 = Sacerdote y Diablo

| length4 = 5:35

| title5 = Raise Your Fists

| length5 = 4:10

| title6 = Brothers of the Road

| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = Metal Through and Through

| length7 = 8:13

| title8 = Wild and Free

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Hail for the Priest

| length9 = 5:44

| title10 = Return of the Sentinel

| length10 = 8:59

| total_length = 50:30

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KK's Priest

• Tim "Ripper" Owens – vocals
• K. K. Downing – guitars, production, mixing, composition
• A.J. Mills – guitars
• Tony Newton – bass, mixing, engineering
• Sean Elg – drums

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Category:2021 debut albums

Category:Albums produced by K. K. Downing

Category:Cleopatra Records albums

Category:KK's Priest albums