
Pissing away time over at the wonderful Technoccult.net recently, I came across a short post that quickly captured my imagination and sent my mind reeling. Entitled 'The ’80s were right! Only absurd facial makeup can save you from the surveillance state', the article was originally published at Switched.com and dealt with the emerging science of biometrics, the New World Order, Lady Gaga and Blade Runner.

Did that last part give you the creeps? Because it should. The more conspiracy-minded individuals amongst us (damn them!) have posited that biometrics are, in fact, an apparatus of the New World Order, a quick way of locating (and possibly, terminating) all citizens on the planet when the so-called Curtain drops.
Or, as Truth-it.net phrases it: "What is Biometric Facial Recognition Used For? This is Yet One More Way for the Banking Elite to Control and Track Us for Their Police State NWO Agenda."

So CAN YOU in fact avoid becoming a victim of Project Bluebeam by wearing asymmetrical corpsepaint? Let's consult our team of professionals and attempt to obtain a coherent answer...

As you can tell from this photo, King Diamond is fond of the rightside-up-cross-on-right-cheek/upside-down-cross-on-left-cheek look, indicating that he is most likely in on the secret and avoiding biometric inclusion in the NWO database. Being the all-knowing and all-powerful metal wizard that he is, King has applied his corpsepaint in a haphazard, asymmetrical fashion, assuring his position as a future leader of The Resistance.
But not all black metallers have received the memo.
Dude from Australian BM band The Furor: "OH SHIT I JUST GOT PWNT BY THE CIA!"

These kids will most likely be OK (note asymmetrical corpsepaint on the fatty to the left):

The picture is a little too blurry to make a judgement call on these guys. I just thought they looked pretty awesome. Plus, they have a dog.



Side note: What's with that cheeseball over there on the far right? Is that a red velvet-lined cape? What's with the choker necklace and "I'm-gonna-tickle-you" smile? Wait a minute! Is that fucker wearing a Bumpit?!?!
On the other hand, these two aspiring black metal warriors are indeed doomed:

And what about KISS? If we are to judge these kvlt BM forefathers by the symmetrical/asymmetrical standard, one sad conclusion presents itself:

That's right.
Unfortunately, only Paul Stanley would make it. There is no justice.
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Curiously, Iron Maiden's 'Number of the Beast' came up in rotation on the iPod yesterday: (Ahem!) ...Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number...
I was stuck by this thought - 'human number' doesn't mean 'comprehensible by a human.' It means 'a human reduced to a number.' (Maybe)
Dang, I mean "I was struck."
Anyway, I'll remember to NOT use a mirror when I'm kulting up.
.......you are number 6.
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