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"The Heretic Anthem" (released as "Heretic Song" as a single) is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. The song was released as a promotional single from their second album Iowa. Revolver magazine praised the track and described that it "flirt[s] with full-on death metal in their extremity, both sonic and thematic."[4]

"The Heretic Anthem" / "Heretic Song"
Cover art for the "Heretic Song" single
Promotional single by Slipknot
from the album Iowa
A-side	"Heretic Song"
Released	May 15, 2001
Recorded	2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Nu metal[1] death metal[2]
Length	4:19
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Paul Gray Joey Jordison Corey Taylor[3]
Producer(s)	Slipknot Ross Robinson

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.

Track listing

Promo single

Live single

Covers

• The American band Periphery covered the song in 2012 and released as a bonus track for the limited edition of Periphery II: This Time It's Personal.[5]

• Punk band Spite covered the song and released it as a single in 2014

• Deathcore act Carnifex covered the song on their 2018 EP Bury Me in Blasphemy

Personnel

References

На других языках

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- [en] The Heretic Anthem

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[es] The Heretic Anthem

The Heretic Anthem —en español: «El Himno Herético»— es una canción de la banda estadounidense Slipknot. La canción se lanzó como sencillo promocional, durante su segundo disco Iowa. El lanzamiento estaba limitado a 666 copias (debido al estribillo de la canción). La portada del sencillo muestra al chivo de la portada del disco Iowa, esta vez, mostrando su ojo derecho y uno de sus dos cuernos.

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[ru] The Heretic Anthem

«The Heretic Anthem» (с англ. — «Гимн еретика») (также известная как «Heretic Song» (с англ. — «Песня еретика»)) — это сингл американской группы Slipknot, с их второго альбома Iowa 2001. Песню можно также услышать на концертном альбоме 9.0: Live и DVD Disasterpieces.

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