anonymous February 26th, 2009 11:08PM  
corey once said during a concert that is was about it being a middle finger to record industries and governments.

anonymous June 2nd, 2009 09:15PM  
with all the people saying its corey showing he is of Satan is a LIE! he is simply showing he will not conform with people and how they see things, that he is different and the way to put that strongly accross so people notice is to make it look like he's a satanist. becos cmon guys when you see a satanist in the street or anywhere you stare. its a quick attention grabber. so for anyone who says slipknot is s bunch of satanic loosers look into your won heart and you'll see your god aint so pure.

anonymous June 7th, 2009 08:45PM  
This song is about rebelion and staying true if I'm wrong at least I have one thing right SLIPKNOT MELTS FACES

ananumus June 16th, 2009 04:10PM  
i think that the song means if your 555 meaning that if your that than im better than you.555 also meaning that if you think your bad than im worse.666 just so happens to mean the devil....and he IS bad.

anonymous June 21st, 2009 11:43PM  
It's about non-conformity that's it there's no satanic shit or whatever just rebellion and fyi the Hebrew translation of Satan is rebel that's why so many bands us the devil as a symbol BOO YA

anonymous August 4th, 2009 01:15PM  
I find this song, like many, can have different interpretations depending on the person listening to it, even if the artist didn't attend it to be interpretited that way. This song relates to me by saying man is 555, and I'm not equal to them, yet I'm still below God, 777, which makes me 666, and because of that people falsely stereotype me as a satanic asshole

anonymous August 27th, 2009 11:30AM  
This song is about being different and denied buy the music industry 666 him speaking metaphorically and has absolutely nothing to do with Satan or god. heretic means a non believer as those people that didnt believe they could make it those who think its about Satan have no clue what their talking about

anonymous October 3rd, 2009 08:20AM  
According to Wikipedia, the song is written about record labels who initially showed no interest in signing a recording contract with a band. Proof,

"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 HERETIC SONG!!”

— Corey Taylor

DarknessRend November 10th, 2009 09:08PM  
The Heretic Anthem is about Corey standing his ground of becoming the exact opposite of what people want him to be, to prove a point. The point of not selling out, not following people, not taking orders from people. With lyrics describing man as 555, Satan as 666, and God as 777, the theme of hate once again prevails. It is also a large 'Fuck You' to the music industry and bands that have sold out. It also states that now, Corey is teaching the young of our race (teenagers) which refers to showing them the truth of life. That it's not all pink and happy, that it can be a brutal and scary place at times.
Here's some detailed info about The Heretic Anthem, Corey said this in Paris on May 29/2001 before Iowa was released.
"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 HERETIC SONG!!"

-Corey Taylor

anonymous January 26th, 2010 12:42AM  
Yeah thats the main point, be yourself and don't be a poser and be different to the others that are faggots. Oh and just to point one thing out to the first person who put the interpretation in, God is 888.