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, pagan 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)
  1. "Thousandfold"
    Released: February 16, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
metal.de [2]
Metal 1 [3]
PopMatters [4]

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,[5] and released on February 19, 2010 through Nuclear Blast.[6]

The album spawned one single, Thousandfold, which has gained over 6,500,000 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 Ends 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 Length
1. "Otherworld"   1:57
2. "Everything Remains as It Never Was"   4:25
3. "Thousandfold"   3:20
4. "Nil"   3:43
5. "The Essence of Ashes"   3:59
6. "Isara"   2:44
7. "Kingdom Come Undone"   3:22
8. "Quoth the Raven"   4:42
9. "(Do)minion"   5:07
10. "Setlon"   2:36
11. "Sempiternal Embers"   4:52
12. "Lugdūnon"   4:01
13. "The Liminal Passage"   2:15
Total length:
47:03

Credits

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "Review: Everything Remains as It Never Was". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. "ELUVEITIE - Everything Remains (As It Never Was)". metal.de (in German). 5 February 2010.
  3. "Eluveitie - Everything Remains (As It Never Was) - CD Review bei". Metal1.info. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. Begrand, Adrien. "Eluveitie: Everything Remains as It Never Was". Popmatters. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. Eck, Markus. "Everything Remains As It Never Was". Sonic Seducer (in German).
  6. "ELUVEITIE reveals album title & cover art". The Gauntlet. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

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