Inter Arma - Garbers Days Revisited LP

We still need to thank Metallica for Garage Days Revisited, the covers EP that paid homage to their influences while they were having fun. The blueprint has been applied with wildly varying degrees of success by numerous extreme music acts as a stopgap between original recordings. Inter Arma's Garbers Days Revisited (titled after the band's rehearsal space while directly referencing the Metallica offering) is their contribution to the shelf. Cut between tour legs supporting 2019's Sulphur English, the band recorded this strictly for fun, and it sounds like it. After their tour, but before announcing this album, Inter Arma issued a "quarantine playlist" earlier in 2020 that offered original versions of six songs re-created here. Over eight tracks, they pay homage to artists that they revere. Fans will be familiar with the inclusion of Neil Young's "Southern Man." It has been part of the group's set for as long as anyone can remember, so it's a wonder it took so long to get it recorded.