Everything Remains (As It Never Was)

Everything Remains (As It Never Was)
Studio album by Eluveitie
Released	February 19, 2010
Recorded	September–October 2009 at the Newsound studios, Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Genre	Folk metal, melodic death metal, celtic metal
Length	47:03
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Colin Richardson
Eluveitie chronology
Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion (2009) Everything Remains (As It Never Was) (2010) Helvetios (2012)
Singles from Everything Remains (As It Never Was)
"Thousandfold" Released: January 24, 2010

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	[2]
Sputnik Music	3/5[3]

Everything Remains (As It Never Was) is the fourth full-length album by the Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was produced by Colin Richardson,^[4] and released on February 19, 2010 through Nuclear Blast.^[5]

The album spawned one single, Thousandfold, which has gained over 7,850,000 views on YouTube.

Sound

Unlike Eluveitie's previous release Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion which was primarily a folk rock/acoustic folk album, Everything Remains returns to the bands roots and is a straight folk metal album.

Reception

Everything Remains generally received highly positive reviews. Pascal Stieler, writing for Metal1.info wrote that Everything Remains was "in all matters outstanding, varied album that simply has no weaknesses" and gave the album 9/10. Metal.de also gave the album 9/10.

The fanbase's reaction was generally positive, with songs like Thousandfold being played frequently on tour.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Otherworld"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	1:57
2.	"Everything Remains as It Never Was"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	4:25
3.	"Thousandfold"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann, I. Henzi	3:20
4.	"Nil"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	3:43
5.	"The Essence of Ashes"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann, I. Henzi	3:59
6.	"Isara"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	2:44
7.	"Kingdom Come Undone"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	3:22
8.	"Quoth the Raven"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann, I. Henzi, A. Murphy, M. Tadiç	4:42
9.	"(Do)minion"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	5:07
10.	"Setlon"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	2:36
11.	"Sempiternal Embers"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	4:52
12.	"Lugdūnon"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	4:01
13.	"The Liminal Passage"	C. Glanzmann	C. Glanzmann	2:15
Total length:				47:03

Limited Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Otherworld Set"	2:34
15.	"The Liminal Passage Set"	2:49

DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Videoclip of "Thousandfold""
2.	"Making of the videoclip"
3.	"A closer look at the lyrics"
4.	"Making of the album"
5.	"Recording of "Thousandfold""
6.	"Recording of "(Do)minion""
7.	"Recording of "Quoth the Raven""

Credits

• Chrigel Glanzmann - vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, uilleann pipes, bodhràn, tin and low whistles, gaita
• Anna Murphy – hurdy gurdy, flute, vocals
• Meri Tadic – violin, vocals
• Päde Kistler – bagpipes, tin and low whistles
• Kay Brem – bass
• Merlin Sutter – drums
• Sime Koch – guitars
• Ivo Henzi – guitars
• Torbjörn "Thebon" Schei - additional vocals on "(Do)minion"
• Brendan Wade - uilleann pipes on "Otherworld", "Setlon" and "The Liminal Passage"
• Dannii Young - spoken voice on "Otherworld" and "The Liminal Passage"
• Arranged by Eluveitie
• Drums, guitars (electric and acoustic), bass and vocals were recorded at Newsound Studio, Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland. These recordings were engineered by Tommy Vetterli.
• Fiddle and hurdy gurdy were recorded at Devil's Studios, Vaduz/Liechtenstein. These recordings were engineered by Ivo Henzi and Olli Frank-Zambelli. Fiddle was engineered by Freddy Schnyder.
• Bagpipes, whistles, uilleann pipes, mandola, mandolin and bodhrán were recorded at C Studio, Switzerland. These recordings were engineered by Chrigel Glanzmann. Microphones by Ballhorn Studios, Winterhur, Switzerland.
• Mixed by Colin Richardson and Martin "Ginge" Ford for Real Productions and Management at Not-In-Pill Studios, Newport, Wales
• Mastered by John Davis
• Produced by Eluveitie and Tommy Vetterli.

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Review: Everything Remains as It Never Was". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
2. Begrand, Adrien. "Eluveitie: Everything Remains as It Never Was". Popmatters. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
3. Ponton, Jared (February 12, 2010). "Sputnik Everything Remains As It Never Was review". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
4. Eck, Markus. "Everything Remains As It Never Was". Sonic Seducer (in German).
5. "ELUVEITIE reveals album title & cover art". The Gauntlet. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

External links

• "Thousandfold" music video