This is a great piece. I love how you go into so much detail with the author's comments. I could just read that while listening to the song. It makes you realize how much time it took to make this. I just love how triumphant it is. There's just always something going on in this song.
I think I can even hear some faint voices near the end of it. Oh wait, I know they are there now. I thought this was going to be scary music, given the title. It makes you think more about the dawning of a new era. Yeah, we're still alive and that apocalypse never happened. Don't worry, people have been predicting the end of the world for centuries.