Judas
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The cult star promised covers of metal staples like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, as well as "a few originals forged in the same cosmic fire."
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Even today, she asks schoolchildren if they have heard of Deep Purple, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, which she still counts among her favorite bands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Heavy metal band Judas Priest have released a charity single featuring the late Ozzy Osbourne to raise money for Parkinson's disease charities.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
The casting was headline-making: Erivo, fresh off “Wicked,” as Jesus, and Adam Lambert as Judas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
“Mean as Judas, some ways, but oh, man, a funny boy, a real fast jockey. Dick liked him, too. We got on great.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Along the way, he encounters revolutionaries, tyrants, false prophets and actual Judases — not to mention a string of passionate lovers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Several productions have featured female Judases — an added layer of psychological complexity.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2018
These were promptly denounced as turncoats and Judases by Peasant Leader Maniu but remained silent on their dignity.
From Time Magazine Archive
How I hate them: the mass-bullies, the individual Judases.
From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
To their honor be it said that few Judases have been found among them at the ballot-box, or in the halls of legislation.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 by Various
