It's about Chaos Space Marine Raptors from the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000.
The "knights of light has betrayed mankind" refer to the Primarchs of the 9 Space Marine legions who betrayed the Emperor of Mankind during the Civil war known as the Horus Heresy (Legions in question: Sons of Horus (renamed Black Legion after H.H.), Thousand Sons, Emperor's Children, Word Bearers, World Eaters, Death Guard, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, and Alpha Legion).
"like unholy birds of war we fly
we bring agony and insanity" - Directly referencing the Raptors, also referencing Chaos' nature of normally driving those exposed to it's taint insane.
"We follow our lust, in no god we trust" That's the Emperor's Children, who serve Slaanesh the Chaos God of Pleasure.
"the hordes of undead march on our command" - Death Guard. They are considered zombies/zombie-like because of the "blessings" of the Plague God, Nurgle.
It's about Chaos Space Marine Raptors from the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. The "knights of light has betrayed mankind" refer to the Primarchs of the 9 Space Marine legions who betrayed the Emperor of Mankind during the Civil war known as the Horus Heresy (Legions in question: Sons of Horus (renamed Black Legion after H.H.), Thousand Sons, Emperor's Children, Word Bearers, World Eaters, Death Guard, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, and Alpha Legion).
"like unholy birds of war we fly we bring agony and insanity" - Directly referencing the Raptors, also referencing Chaos' nature of normally driving those exposed to it's taint insane.
"We follow our lust, in no god we trust" That's the Emperor's Children, who serve Slaanesh the Chaos God of Pleasure.
"the hordes of undead march on our command" - Death Guard. They are considered zombies/zombie-like because of the "blessings" of the Plague God, Nurgle.
In this case Sabaton is referring to dogfights, the 'birds of war' or fighter planes over the battlefield.
In this case Sabaton is referring to dogfights, the 'birds of war' or fighter planes over the battlefield.