Virginia metal group Inter Arma have unveiled their cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain” today. The cover stems from their forthcoming covers album Garbers Days Revisited.

In a statement, the band said:

"This was never meant to be heard publicly. It was meant to be outrageous- to be played late at night while laughing and drinking beer with our friends. Because that's what this is: Inter Arma covering the greatest pop song of the 1980s, and arguably of all time, by Prince, who HATED when people covered his music.
The vocals were done in one take by the drummer and not pitch corrected, because who else can sing like that? Prince. So we opted to stay honest and simple because we never thought that the general public would hear it. Once Relapse heard it there was a little bit of back and forth between the two camps and it was decided, reluctantly, to be included on the record.
We hope everyone enjoys this and gets a little bit of a chuckle because I think we could all use that right about now. Stay safe, stay outrageous, BLM.”

Garbers Days Revisited will include covers of Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young, and Cro-Mags. Pre-orders for the release can be made here. The album will be released on July 10. Inter Arma worked on the covers album while touring in support of their latest studio album Sulphur English.