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"666 is generally regarded as Norway’s first black metal band ever (at least in terms of imagery and lyrics). 666 (pronounced “sax-sax-sax”) predated even Mayhem by a couple of years. The band was formed in North Norwegian capital Tromsø early 1982. Naming Venom and Motörhead as prime influences, their music stayed loyal to that hybrid sound of metal and punk. Their stage show, however, was certainly black metal through, complete with much pyro, buckets of real animal blood and a huge wooden upside-down cross centre-stage."