GREAT DANE RECORDS

With The Dance of the Datura, AMANITE sinks its roots deep into the fertile ground of the 1990s, delivering uncompromising old-school death metal stripped of all unnecessary embellishments.

A dark, macabre atmosphere emerges straight from the forests high in the Cévennes mountains, stretching across frozen, desolate plains. The album's themes are largely drawn from personal experiences—journeys through cold and darkness, beneath relentless rain and howling winds.

Nature plays a central role in AMANITE's vision, serving as a gateway into its bleak woodland realm, where hallucinogenic plants such as the Datura flourish—the symbolic centerpiece of this debut album.

Despair is embraced as a conscious choice, and listeners will encounter moments steeped in melancholy and depression, contrasted by passages that rise into something more epic and cinematic.

The rugged landscapes of the Cévennes form the album's guiding thread: towering mountains, ancient caves, dense forests, and untamed wildlife. Anxiety, isolation, and the loss of both psychological and physical bearings are equally fundamental aspects of the record.

AMANITE was conceived during a solitary night on the frozen, deserted plains, illuminated by the flickering flames of a campfire beneath a gibbous moon veiled by drifting clouds.

Musically, the project draws inspiration from legendary bands such as GRAVE , MORBID ANGEL , and BÉNÉDICTION , while incorporating a strong doom influence that deepens its oppressive, haunting, and macabre atmosphere.

Fans of classic old-school death metal and 1990s horror cinema should feel right .