Empire Playlist
This is the music that inspired many of the scenes in the book. I elaborate on the significance of each individual song and post a video on my blog every Tuesday afternoon. This playlist rocks my socks off and does not feature puppies, kittens, or unicorns. Enjoy!
1. Prologue. Across the Sky – Emilie Autumn. For the First Beginning – Ottoman Empire.
2. Chapter One. The Night – Disturbed. For the Second Beginning – Kingdom of England.
3-4. Chapter Two. Just Stop + This is Fear – Disturbed. For the Call to Adventure (AKA The Plane Crash).
5. Chapter Three – Chapter Four. Shadows – Red. For Goodbyes.
6. Chapter Five. Fight Inside – Red. For Memories.
7-8. Chapter Six. In the Shadow – Evans Blue + Lose It All – BullerProof Messenger. For Bitter Reflections and Rising Tension.
9-12. Chapter Seven. Pain Redefined – Disturbed + Mystery of You – Red + Sick – Adelitas way + Lipstick Lies – Oceans Divide. For the Race to the Stadium, Their Meeting, and a Gathering of Assassins.
13-14. Chapter Eight. Die Trying – Art of Dying + Breathe into Me – Red. For the Kill and the Aftermath.
15-16. Chapter Nine. Love Hate Relationship – Trapt + Confession – Red. For an Uncomfortable Interrogation and Some Painful Truths.
17-18. Chapter Ten. Against you – Lacuna Coil + Cage The Beast – Adelitas Way. For Nefarious Schemes and a Reluctant Alliance.
19. Chapter Eleven. Wide Awake – 32 Leaves. For a Fresh Mission.
20-21. Chapter Twelve. UpsideDown – Lacuna Coil + Just Run – Digital Summer. For A Close Encounter and a Desperate Chase.
22. Chapter Thirteen. Broken Wing – Thousand Foot Krutch. For Chaos.
23. Chapter Fourteen. The Collapse – Adelitas Way. For Strange Discoveries and a Trip Across the Seas.
24. Chapter Fifteen and Chapter Sixteen. Another Way to Die – Disturbed. For Disturbing Findings and Fighting Fate.
25. Chapter Seventeen. Give Me Something More – Lacuna Coil. For Troubling Conversations and a Clue.
26-29. Chapter Eighteen. Scream – Adelitas Way + Tongue-Tied – Earshot + Inhuman – Thousand Foot Krutch + The Worst Way – Cinder Road. For a Capture and a Night of Passion.
30-32. Chapter Nineteen and Chapter Twenty. Violence Fetish – Disturbed + I’m Not Afraid – Lacuna Coil + Heavenly Answer – BulletProof Messenger. For First Contact.
33. Chapter Twenty-One. To The Edge – Lacuna Coil. For More Clues and Deadly Conclusions.
34. Chapter Twenty-Two. Wait – Earshot. For Set Backs and Despair.
35-36. Chapter Twenty-Three. Daylight Dancer + Fragile – Lacuna Coil. For a Visit to the Past and the Start of It All.
37-38. Chapter Twenty-Four. Blind Man – Black Stone Cherry + Beyond the Stars – Evans Blue. For When Past Meets Present and Fresh Revelations.
39. Chapter Twenty-Five. The Army Inside – Lacuna Coil. For a Shadowy Mission Part I.
40. Chapter Twenty-Six. Revolution – Oceans Divide. For a Shadowy Mission Part II.
41-42. Chapter Twenty-Seven. Paradise Lost – Hollywood Undead + Break – Oceans Divide. For an Unpredictable Disaster.
43-44. Chapter Twenty-Eight. Sickened – Disturbed and This Time It’s Different – Evans Blue. For Final Revelations.
45-47. Chapter Twenty-Nine. Best of Me – BulletProof Messenger + Going Under -Trapt + Where is The Edge – Within Temptation. For the Final Battle.
48. Chapter Thirty and Epilogue. Live Forever – Farewell Disaster. For Unexpected Endings.
49. End Credits. Rapture – Hurt.