Released May 15, 2001 A-side "Heretic Song" Length 4:19 | Format CD
cassette Genre Nu metal, death metal | |
Recorded 2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California | ||
"The Heretic Anthem" (released as "Heretic Song" as a single) is a song by American metal band Slipknot. The song was released as a promotional single from their second album Iowa.
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Style
Revolver described that "The Heretic Anthem" derived more from death metal than nu metal.
Song meaning
The song was written about record labels who initially showed no interest in signing a recording contract with the band. The lyrics, "I bleed for this and I bleed for you/ Still you look in my face like I'm somebody new/ TOY – nobody wants anything I've got/ Which is fine, because you're made of/ Everything – I'm – NOT", reflect this attitude.
A couple of months ago, some evil people, some money hungry, cocksucking, idiot motherfuckers came to us and said: "You know, if you want your next album to be huge, you gotta write a radio friendly fucking song"...Now being that we are Slipknot, we are 9 crazy people from the middle of nowhere, 9 people but do not give one rat fuck about what the fucking music industry fucking thinks, we stood there politely, we processed the information and we said: " Well, thank you Mr. Businessman, but if you'll excuse me...SUCK MY MOTHERFUCKIN' DICK!!!! And this next song is a result of that fuckin' conversation, if you're 555 I'm 666, THIS SONG IS CALLED: THE HERETIC ANTHEM!!!!
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Covers
The American band Periphery covered the song in 2012.