Why are we so fascinated by the number 666?

There is no number more metal than six hundred and sixty-six. Thirteen does its best, but there’s something intrinsically metal about 666. It might be the repetition, or it might be that Iron Maiden wrote their third-best song (i.e., the eighth-best song ever written) about it. That song is, of course The Number Of The Beast, from the album The Number Of The Beast. Interestingly, while recording the LP, producer Martin Birch reportedly crashed his car into a minibus full of nuns and was presented with a bill for the damage coming to exactly £666. But, of course, the rad badness of 666 predates even Maiden, stemming from that eternal bestseller The Bible. The concept of ​“the number of the beast” (also something a veterinary anaesthetist could refer to oneself as) is int...

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