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| album =''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]''
| length=3:54
| BPM = 115| versions =Heresy<br>Heresy (Instrumental)<br>Heresy (Version)<br>Heresy (Blind)<br>Heresy (Demo)| live = [[Self Destruct Warm-up]]<br>[[Performance 2007]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]
}}'''"Heresy"''' is the third track on ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]].'' In 2004, a demo version was included with the Tenth Anniversary 2-disc SACD of ''The Downward Spiral.''
===Meaning===
In an interview with U. Magazine published April 1994, Reznor spoke about the meaning behind the lyrics of this song:
<blockquote>"I was trying to explore some of the paranoia I have as a sexually active person in the age of AIDS," he says of "Heresy." "I guess I feel cheated for not growing up in a more liberated era. At the same time, what gets me mad is the way the right wing has used the 'convenience' of this epidemic in helping to promote their own agenda." [http://nothing.nin.net/int30.html]</blockquote>
===Song Credits===
==Versions==
===Heresy===
Best described lyrically as a scathing attack on religion (particularly Western Christianity), "Heresy " contains heavy synthesized bass, simple and powerful drum loops, and distorted guitar riffs backed up by backing aggressive vocals and moody synthatmospherics. The lyrics are ripe with Nietzschean concepts and allude to the infamous "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Is_Dead God Is Dead]" statement. It Like many other songs on the album, the song's bridge contrasts heavily with the verses and choruses by being considerably quieter. This is also the second song on the album to contain "The Downward Spiral Motif" and is played (in power chords at Drop D tuning) by the guitars during the chorus as follows:<br>[[Image:Heresy_Motif_Tab.JPG|The motif found in the chorus]]
===Heresy (Instrumental)===Released by Reznor through his [[Image:Heresy_Motif_Tabremix.JPG|The motif found in the chorusnin.com]]account, this is an unmastered and vocalless version of the album cut.
===Heresy (Version)===
This remix samples "In Suburbia" and "Television Believers" from Aron Ranen's ''Religion In Suburbia''.
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: [[Charlie Clouser]]
===Heresy (Blind)===
This version splices up the bass track and the drums to create a dancier beat (like the "Slate" remix of "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]"). The choruses are much less layered. On June 22, 2011, Joseph Bishara commented on the creation of the remix on his facebook page: "It was a great time - working at Bryan Adams studio in Vancouver with Dave Ogilvie and Anthony Valcic - programmed around the tracks, and we recorded hours of live at the console mixes, later edited into Heresy and Reptile remixes."
A slightly extended version of this mix appears on the promo-only vinyl of ''Closer To God''.
====Song Credits====
* Manipulation: [[Dave Ogilvie]], [[Anthony Valcic]], [[Joe Bisara]]
===Heresy (Demo)===
This demo version is found on the 2-disc Deluxe Edition of ''The Downward Spiral.'' The vocals in the verses are solely whispered, rather than both whispered and are not sung in Reznor's high register as layered as they are in the final on album version. As well, the tempo is slower(105 instead of 115 BPM), and the structure is altered, specifically in the featuring a differently-arranged introduction. ===Heresy (crazy preacher Mix)===this remix is an outtake from further down the spiral it was never officially released but can be found somewhere on forum.nin.com along with Deep (extended Mix)
==Live==
==Lyrics==
Will you die for this?
The next-to-last penultimate line of the final chorus, as printed in the liner notes, can't be heard is not sung on the final album cut.The last line, however, cannot be heard rather than being sung at the end of the song, ratheris repeated during the bridge, as evidenced in the breakdown. (Albeit slightly distortedlive performances.)
==External Links==