''Everything Remains (As It Never Was)'' is the fourth studio album by

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band

Eluveitie Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scient ...

. The album was produced by

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, and released on 19 February 2010 through

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. The album spawned one single, "Thousandfold", which has gained over 14,600,000 views on YouTube.

Sound

Unlike Eluveitie's previous release '' Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion'' which was primarily a

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/ acoustic folk album, Everything Remains returns to the band's 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

Credits

Chrigel Glanzmann Christian Oliver Ivan Glanzmann (born 26 May 1975) is a Swiss musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the male lead vocalist of Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. He also plays mandola, whistles, and bagpipes in Branâ Kete ...

- vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, uilleann pipes, bodhràn, tin and low whistles, gaita * Anna Murphy – hurdy gurdy, flute, vocals * Meri Tadić – violin, vocals * Päde Kistler –

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s, 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 -

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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.

Chart performance

References

External links

"Thousandfold" music video
{{Authority control 2010 albums Eluveitie albums Nuclear Blast albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)