Worship - Terranean Wake (2012)

In a year of long-awaited returns, German funeral doom quartet Worship is set to break a lengthy hiatus this month with their third record. Its title is Terranean Wake, which is both stereotypical doom and less silly than 2004′s Dooom and the 1999 demo Last CD/Tape/Vinyl Before Doomsday.Divided into four numbered segments as opposed to individual songs, Wake includes the longest Worship track ever at more than 17 minutes. Then again, that’s all to be expected from metal guys named “The Doommonger” and “Satachrist.” It’s Worship’s little Tarantino-ism: if accompanied by genius, pretension can be forgiven.