An imposing opener that recounts the rise and early conquests of Napoleon Bonaparte. As unrelenting as its subject matter, this ominous track pounds on through belligerent riffs and grandiose, imperial melodies to a chorus culminating in a colossal, French battlecry.

Lyrics

Out of the flames of revolution
Comes a man to change the world
Artilleryman, resolved to make his country great again
And so the continent will burn

Out of the chaos comes a leader
A man like no one’s seen before
His Marshals by his side, he’ll bring the nation victory
A dozen years of brutal war

My eagles will fly
Oppose me and die
To conquer is my destiny
Their armies will fall
The Emperor of all
I’ll bring all of Europe to its knees
Vive L’Empereur

They come on in a mighty column
A golden eagle overhead
The drummers sound the pas de charge to drive the soldiers on
The fields of Europe turn to red