''Judas'' is the seventh studio album by the American heavy metal band

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, released on October 13, 2017, through

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. 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

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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

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uses the song as his entrance theme for his appearances in

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and

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. "Painless" was the official theme song for NXT TakeOver: Chicago II the following year.

Track listing

Charts

References

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