Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig goempyrean.com. NS
Answer
goempyrean.com. 5 NS ns-1120.awsdns-12.org.
goempyrean.com. 5 NS ns-132.awsdns-16.com.
goempyrean.com. 5 NS ns-916.awsdns-50.net.
goempyrean.com. 5 NS ns-1613.awsdns-09.co.uk.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0