I actually enjoy the calmer part at 0:56, but maybe would have made it so the percussion started being intense again in 1:13 so it didn't feel too long, as it's a pretty long interruption of the mostly fast paced song.
While this song doesn't give me a very particular image it does feel like some sort of scene-from-right-before-the-climax thing, maybe something you'd hear in the final stage of an action game or something similar, the melodies also have some sort of oriental feel to them, which is always nice.