''Judas'' is the seventh studio album by the American
heavy metal band
Fozzy, released on October 13, 2017, through
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
. The album's title track was released as the lead single from the album on May 5, 2017. Ahead of the album release, two additional songs were made available on streaming services: "Drinkin' with Jesus" on September 15, 2017, and "Painless" on September 29, 2017.
The lead single was a minor radio hit, spending 26 weeks on the
Mainstream Rock chart and peaking at No. 5. The song also hit No. 1 on the Sirius/XM Octane charts. "Judas" was the official theme song for
NXT TakeOver: Chicago and lead singer
Chris Jericho uses the song as his entrance theme for his appearances in
New Japan Pro-Wrestling and
All Elite Wrestling. "Painless" was the official theme song for
NXT TakeOver: Chicago II the following year.
Track listing
Personnel
Fozzy
*
Chris Jericho – vocals
*
Rich Ward
Richard Park Ward (born January 16, 1969), also known by his stage name The Duke, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of Stuck Mojo and as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy.
Early life
Ward grew up listening to man ...
– guitars, vocals
* Billy Grey – guitars
*
Paul Di Leo – bass guitars
*
Frank Fontsere
Frank Fontsere (born September 2, 1967) is an American drummer from Marietta, Georgia. He is known mostly for his work in rap metal group Stuck Mojo (1996–2000) and heavy metal group Fozzy (1999–2005, 2009–2022). He has also been a member ...
– drums
Additional musicians
* Renny Carroll – additional background vocals
*
Johnny Andrews
Johnny Andrews is an American songwriter and record producer based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee. Andrews has written multiple number one singles, including " I Am Machine" and "Painkiller" by Three Days Grace, "Freak Like Me" by H ...
– additional background vocals
Technical personnel
*
Johnny Andrews
Johnny Andrews is an American songwriter and record producer based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee. Andrews has written multiple number one singles, including " I Am Machine" and "Painkiller" by Three Days Grace, "Freak Like Me" by H ...
– producer, engineer
*
Rich Ward
Richard Park Ward (born January 16, 1969), also known by his stage name The Duke, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of Stuck Mojo and as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy.
Early life
Ward grew up listening to man ...
– additional production and engineering
* Jay Ruston – mixing
* Paul Logus – mastering
Charts
References
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Fozzy albums
2017 albums
Century Media Records albums