Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig trailsofdeath.com. NS
Answer
trailsofdeath.com. 5 NS ns-1816.awsdns-35.co.uk.
trailsofdeath.com. 5 NS ns-1581.awsdns-05.co.uk.
trailsofdeath.com. 5 NS ns-183.awsdns-22.com.
trailsofdeath.com. 5 NS ns-2012.awsdns-59.co.uk.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0