This is it folks, the day has finally come: 6/6/06, a.k.a. 666, a.k.a. the Number of The Beast, a.k.a. the collective age of the members of Black Sabbath. In celebration, a selection of six satanic somethings:

1. Let’s start with a song. The only song you really need on 6/6/06, Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast.”

2. But before we go too much further, how about the history of the number.

3. They say if you turn Dio’s logo upside down it spells DEVIL:

But Ronnie debunks that theory.

4. Download the Number of the Beast software program, which will try to match any number or name to the number of the beast. YuppiePunk? Take all letters that are also Roman numerals, add them together, multiply by 666, and you get 666.

5. These drivers are super evil:

6. Perhaps the most evil 30 seconds ever captured on film — Celine Dion as The King of Pop:
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