The song was actually included on the album as a tribute to Adams' mother who had sadly died earlier in the year it was recorded and on that level it was a fitting addition, but maybe it would have fared better as an album ending "bonus" cut. However from there an oddly faithful version of the operatic piece "Nessun Dorma" surprises both through the manner in which it fails to gel with what has come before and, to be fair, the impressive vocal display from Eric Adams. Snarled chanting vocals, thunking beats, bristling riffs and machismo abound through a pair of convincing Metal anthems which call their believers to battle.
Warriors Of The World begins in exactly the same fashion, with "Call To Arms" and "Fight For Freedom" (the latter a 9/11 tribute) being everything that people either love or loathe. Released back in 2002 (therefore making this 10th Anniversary Remaster a little late.) Warriors Of The World was the ninth offering of such fare, with the band's previous efforts Louder Than Hell and The Triumph Of Steel cementing the overly bombastic style cultivated on Fighting The World and Kings Of Metal. If ever there was a love or loathe band it is Manowar some finding their chest beating Metal and anthemic OTT approach to be stirring and uplifting, while the band's detractors point to loincloths, slogans of "Death to false Metal" and a lyrical fixation with swords, battles, warriors and manliness as why they should be ridiculed. Manowar: Warriors Of The World (10th Anniversary Remastered Edition)