Deven Simmons! You mensch. You correctly identified last night’s trivia question: it was the Music as a Weapon IV tour with Disturbed, Killswitch Engage, Lacuna Coil and Chimaira where we first spotted Josh Kidd, the Heavy Metal Hasid. Deven wins a mystery prize from Century Media, and a dreidel from us.

IT’S THE LAST NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, AND YOUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN!!! Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• What is the name of Anton OyVey’s clothing line?

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 8″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 9 am EST on Monday, December 21. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 8’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. Good luck…

-AR

Yaaaaaayyyyy for Martin Gutfeldt, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question: yes, twas I who took off for Yom Kippur. Martin gets a mystery prize from Century Media, and a dreidel from us. Hey, those are both things you can spin!

There’s still two more chances to win a little sumpin’ sumpin’ if you lost, though. So here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• At what show did the MetalSucks crew first spot Heavy Metal Hasid Josh Kidd? (Sorry, Josh, you’re ineligible for this one!)

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 7″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Friday, December 18) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 8’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. Good luck…

-AR

Alright, technical snafus have passed and we are back, baby!

So mazel tov to Brandon Wagner, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question: yes, it was Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy who turned Vince down for our inaugural “Jew on Jew” interview. No, we’re not bitter about it. But fuck you, Mike. But, no, really, we don’t care. You schmuck.

ANYWAY, we still have three nights to go! Here’s tonight’s trivia question. Winner gets a mystery prize from Century Media and a dreidel from MetalSucks. Here we are:

• Which MetalSucks writer took a day off in observance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur?

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 6″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Thursday, December 17) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 5’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. Good luck…

-AR

First thing’s first: I hate to spoil everyone’s holiday fun, but when I ask you to include a certain something in the subject line for a contest and/or your name and address, and you DON’T do those things, what do you think that does for your chances of winning? Hm?

Okay! Now that we got that outta the way, yarmulkes off to Matt Poulter, who not only knows how to read and follow directions, but correctly answered last night’s trivia question: yes, Vince once wondered whether or not Sevendust’s Morgan Rose is part of the tribe or not, using a chart not unlike on you may have seen at a Nazi rally. Still funny, though. Matt wins a mystery prize from Century Media, and a dreidel from MetalSucks. Yay, Matt!

Don’t kvetch if you didn’t win, though. We’re only half done with the Festival of Lights! Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Which musician declined to be interviewed for Vince’s “Jew on Jew” interview series?

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 5″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Wednesday, December 16) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 5’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. What? You want we should go broke?

Now… who has the Manischewitz???

-AR

Horns up for Tzvi Cederbaum, the quite certainly Jewish reader who correctly answered last night’s trivia question: it was The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Ben Weinman who gave a primer on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur earlier this year. Tzvi wins a mystery prize courtesy the good folks at Century Media, and a dreidel courtesy the not-so-good folks here at MetalSucks. Spin both of those in good health, Tzvi.

But don’t stick those lit menorah candles into your eyes if you lost – we’re not even half done with the festivities!

Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Vince once wrote a post wondering if which drummer from which band is a Jew?
  

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 4″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Tuesday, December 15) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 5’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. You have it so easy! When we were your age we had to go PICK UP our prizes! Feh!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go eat latkes like they were going out of style.

-AR

A technical snafu prevented this from getting up on time last night. Apologies!

It will be a very happy Hannukkah for Joleen Greenland, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question: it was Genghis Tron’s half-Jewish Mookie Singerman who once joked to us that he had auditioned for Norma Jean and not gotten the gig because of his Semitic heritage. (At least,we assume Mookie was only kidding.) Joleen wins a mystery prize from Century Media, plus a dreidel from Uncles Axl and Vince.

But don’t schedule an emergency therapy session if you lost – there are still six more chance to win. Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Which musician did a primer on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur as part of an in-studio video update earlier this year?

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 3″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm today (Monday, December 14) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 2’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S.

Good luck!

-AR

Mazel tov to Kelly Certain, who correctly answered last night’s Heavy Metal Hannukkah question: Who did Vince interview for his very first entry in his “Jew on Jew” interview series? Well, duh. It was Eyal Levi, who are now proud to call part of the MetalSucks team. Poor bastard wishes he’d never met us.

ANYWAY, Kelly wins a mystery gift, courtesy Century Media, and a dreidel, courtesy Uncles Axl and Vince. Enjoy those Kelly.

And, hey, if you didn’t win last night, no need to weep into your matzoh ball soup – there are still seven nights to go. And remember: all trivia questions will have answers that can be found right here on MetalSucks. Now here’s this evening’s trivia question:

• Who once joked to MetalSucks that he auditioned for Norma Jean and was turned away because of his Jewish heritage?

E-mail your answer along with your name and address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 2″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Sunday, December 13) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 2’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. What? Do we look like we’re made out of shipping costs?

Did you know that dreidel’s were originally for gambling? It’s true. Dreidels are like the Jewish dominoes. Now if you’ll excuse me, Vince and I have a high-stakes back-alley dreidel game to get to.

-AR

Ahh, Hannukkah. The Festival of Lights. Like every Jewish holiday, is ostensibly boils down to “They tried to kill us, we lived, let’s eat!” Which, when you think about it, really is as good a reason to celebrate and exchange gifts as any.

So for the third year in a row now, MetalSucks is teaming up with Century Media to bring you Heavy Metal Hannukkah. Every night for the next eight nights, we’re gonna ask a trivia question that relates to both metal and Judaism. Of everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select one winner to receive an awesome mystery prize from Century, as well as – what else? – a dreidel.

We’re changing things up a little this year – all trivia questions will have answers that can be found right here on MetalSucks. Make sense? Good. Here’s the question for the first night:

• Who did Vince interview for his very first entry in his “Jew on Jew” interview series?

E-mail your answer to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 1″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 5 pm tomorrow (Saturday, December 12) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 2’s trivia question. And while you don’t have to be Jewish to enter the contest, you do have to live in the U.S. Money for shipping doesn’t grow on trees, ya know.

Now, time to go light the MetalSucks Menorah… good luck everyone!

-AR

Yarmulkes off to Kirsten Hogenson, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question by letting us know that Axl Rosenberg’s surname means “Mountain of Roses.” Kirsten wins the last of our Century Media mystery prizes, and, of course, a dreidel.

Thanks to everyone for participating, we had another great year! And thanks to Century for all the neat goodies!

-MetalSucks

Mazel tov to MetalSucks Maniac Doug Gross, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question by identifying Kiss as the band Nikki Sixx once referred to as “greedy Jews” after they fired his friend, guitarist Bruce Kulick (who is also Jewish, therefore proving once and for all that Nikki Sixx is a grade A mo’ron). Doug wins a mystery prize, courtest Cedntury Media, and a dreidel. Yay Doug!

Well, it’s been an awesome Festival of Lights, but all good things must end. Here’s the final trivia question for our 2nd Annual Heavy Metal Hannukkah:

• What does Axl Rosenberg’s surname actually mean?

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 8″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm EST tomorrow (Monday, December 29) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner.

Okay! Last chance to light those candles…

-MetalSucks

Joe Fey is the winner of last night’s mystery prize from Century Media/dreidel from MetalSucks. Joe not only correctly named thrash legends Exodus as sharing a name with a book and movie adaptation chronicling a chapter of Jewish history, but he was able to name said book’s author (Leon Uris) and the movie’s star (Paul Newman) and even its director (Otto Preminger). Go Joe!

There’s still two more chances to win something cool. Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Once upon a time, a band fired its guitar player, who was not an original member, in order to do a reunion with its classic line-up. Being friends with the now unemployed guitar player, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx accused his now former bandmates of being “greedy Jews.” Which band was he talking about?

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 7″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Sunday, December 28) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner of the Century mystery prize and dreidel, plus we’ll post the final night’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to go cash the check our Aunt Sadie gave us for Hannukkah, and then feel really, really guilty for no good reason.

-MetalSucks

MetalSucks Maniac Nikki Moody correctly answered last night’s trivia question by going above and beyond the call of duty and citing both Slayer’s “Angel of Death” AND Metallica’s “Creeping Death” as songs that describe unpleasant chapters in Jewish history (the Holocaust and Passover, respectively). Nikki wins a mystery prize from Century Media and a dreidel. Congrats, Nikki!

If you haven’t won yet, you’ve still got three more chances before The Festival of Lights comes to its conclusion. Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Which classic thrash band shares its name with a book (and subsequent film adaptation) that details the creation of Israel after the conclusion of World War II? For bonus points, tell us the author of the book and/or the star of the film adaptation.

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 6″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Saturday, December 27) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner of the Century mystery prize and dreidel, plus we’ll post night 7’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to drink a Christian baby’s blood and count all the gold in the basement of our synagogue.

-MetalSucks

Mazel tov to Ben Keegan, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question by identifying MetalSucks’ favorite auteur, David Brodsky, as a popular director of metal music videos who is a Jew by birth. Some of you suggested a few directors besides Mr. Brodsky, at least one of whom I think is not actually Jewish despite his Jewey-sounding name.

ANYWAY, Ben wins a mystery prize from Century Media, as well as a dreidel from all of us here at MetalSucks. Enjoy those, Ben.

We’re halfway home now, but there’s still four chances to win something cool. Here’s tonight’s question:

• Name a song by Metallica OR Slayer, the lyrics of which describe a horrific episode from Jewish history.

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 5″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Friday, December 26) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner of the Century mystery prize and dreidel, plus we’ll post night 6’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off celebrate Christmas the way any good Jews do: with a movie and Chinese food. Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?

-MetalSucks

A big ol’ “Havah Nagila” to MetalSucks Maniac Jordan Sulk, who correctly answered last night’s trivia question by pointing out that Evan Seinfeld, Marty Friedman and Scott Ian are all Jewish, while Dee Snider is half-Jewish and C.C. DeVille, although he certainly looks Jewish, is, in fact, a goy. Jordan wins a special mystery prize, courtesy Century Media, as well as a dreidel! We’re even more proud of Jordan because he’s from Kentucky, where a) Vince own lands (seriously) and b) they don’t actually have Jews (also seriously). L’chaim!

Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Name a popular director of metal music videos who is Jewish by birth.

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 4″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Thursday, December 25) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner of the Century mystery prize and dreidel, plus we’ll post night 5’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re off to answer that eternally burning question: how many bottles of Manischewitz does one need to drink in order to feel even the slightest bit tipsy?

Shalom…

-MetalSucks

SHALOM! One Mr. Michael Dulock is the winner from last night’s trivia question; Monsieur Dulock was able to name a Jewish member of Death (Chuck Schulinder), Type O Negative (Josh Silver), and Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy and/or Jordan Rudess), and thus wins a cool mystery prize from Century Media, plus, natch, a dreidel.

Here’s tonight’s trivia question:

• Which – if any – of the following metal musicians are Jewish? Dee Snider, Evan Seinfeld, C.C. DeVille, Marty Friedman, and Scott Ian.

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 3″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Wednesday, December 24) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner of the Century mystery prize and dreidel, plus we’ll post night 3’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, it’s time to get our dreidel on… good luck everyone!

-MetalSucks

Mazel Tov to MetalSucks Maniac Houston Cairns, who not only correctly answered night 1′s trivia question by identifying guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal as a Jewish musician who plays on Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy, but even knew that Mr. Thal’s name is actually “Ronald J. Blumenthal” (the “J” is for “Jew,” or so Sue Grafton tells us). Houston (who really, really needs to meet our pal Dallas) wins a mystery prize, courtesy the good folks at Century Media, plus a dreidel.

Hey, Houston, did you know that the dreidel also makes an excellent sexual aid? It’s true. Try it out. Your lady will love it.

ANYWAY, if you didn’t win last night, no need to weep into your matzoh ball soup – there are still seven nights to go. Here’s this evening’s trivia question:

• Name at least one Jewish member of each of the following bands: Death, Type O Negative and Dream Theater.

E-mail your answer along with your name and mailing address to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 1″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Tuesday, December 23) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 3’s trivia question.

Now if you’ll excuse us, we’re gonna go scarf down some latkes… good luck everyone!

-MetalSucks

Ahh, Hannukkah. The Festival of Lights. Like every Jewish holiday, is ostensibly boils down to “They tried to kill us, we lived, let’s eat!” Which, when you think about it, really is as good a reason to celebrate and exchange gifts as any.

So for the second year in a row now, MetalSucks is teaming up with Century Media to bring you Heavy Metal Hannukkah. Every night for the next eight nights, we’re gonna ask a trivia question that relates to both metal and Judaism. Of everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select one winner to receive an awesome mystery prize from Century, as well as – what else? – a dreidel. We kick off the first night with this trivia question:

• Name at least one musician who plays on Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy that is Jewish by birth. For bonus points, tell us what his or her last name was before it was gentrified.

E-mail your answer to axl [at] metalsucks.net with the phrase “HEAVY METAL HANNUKKAH – NIGHT 1″ in the subject line. All entries are due by 6 pm tomorrow (Monday, December 22) evening. Shortly thereafter we’ll announce the winner and post night 2′s trivia question.

Now, time to go light the MetalSucks Menorah… good luck everyone!

-MetalSucks