If this song sounds familiar, that’s because its instrumental cousin was used prominently in the trailer for The Matrix Reloaded.

The final track of Furious Angels, this enhanced and vocalized version of the earlier “Instrumental” is a surprisingly triumphant and uplifting ending to an otherwise dark album.

Muse is an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, consisting of Matthew Bellamy (guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, middle of the picture), Christopher Wolstenholme (bassist, background vocalist, to the left of the picture), and Dominic Howard (drummer, to the right of the picture), that formed at their school, in 1994. They often infuse classical piano and strings (and sometimes even choirs) with catchy guitar and piano hooks.

Muse is mostly known due to their alternative genre of music and also their live performances.
Some have compared Muse to other bands such as Radiohead; Though this analogy has faded during past years since Muse has changed its taste.

The band always has an Apocalyptic background theme in their albums; In every album, there is a different apocalyptic perspective. Showbiz (Anxiety), Origin of Symmetry (Mental Disorder), Absolution (Religion and atheism), Black Holes and Revelations (Alien’s Attack), The Resistance (Mind Control), The 2nd Law (The 2nd Law of thermodynamics and the world moving toward destruction – Entropy), Drones (War), Simulation Theory (Life is a simulation and we should escape this fragile world and move toward the bigger picture), and Will of the People, a dystopian world of revolts inspired by the incidents happening around the year 2020 (i.e., the black lives Matter protests, the massive wildfires, the pandemic, and riots on the streets) .

Their official website is muse.mu.
For more information about the band, check out musewiki.org.

“Knights of Cydonia” is the final track on the non-Japanese pressings of Black Holes and Revelations, and was once described by bassist Chris Wolstenholme as “40 years of rock history in six minutes.”

This song combines the subjects of Mars and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mentioned in the Book of Revelations in The Bible. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in chapter 6 v 2-8. The four horses represent God’s judgment of people’s sin and rebellion and are a foretaste of the final judgment to come. The four horsemen are traditionally named pestilence, war, famine, and death.

This song, like much of Black Holes and Revelations, is inspired by corrupt political leaders. Matthew Bellamy says its not about any specific leader, but all leaders. Evidence of this is shown in the lyrics, such as “I’ll show you a ‘god’ who falls asleep on the job,” referring to leaders who treat themselves like God because they have power.

Cydonia is the region on Mars where some believe life has existed. In the January 2007 issue of Q magazine, Matt Bellamy said: “I’d definitely be up for a trip to Mars. I’d love to record an album at zero gravity. Or at least go up there and do a vocal take. The area of Cydonia is very interesting. There are parts of it that resemble abandoned civilizations.”

Since 2008, live performances have included an introduction of Ennio Morricone’s “Man With a Harmonica” from Once Upon a Time in the West where bassist Chris Wolstenholme plays a harmonica piece.

The song was included in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.