Peste Noire - Miscellaneous Recordings and Releases

Miscellaneous Recordings and Releases

On April 2007 the Finnish label Northern Heritage released the Lorraine Rehearsal 12" EP. Bearing the legend "Hooligan Black Metal", the EP featured four "rehearsal" songs recorded in Lorraine from August 2006. The B-side is the second version (20 minutes 10 s. long) of the epic track "Phalènes Et Pestilence", composed by Famine in 2005 and then recorded on his own recording equipment (A tape version of the Lorraine Rehearsal was also released on Roman Saenko (Hate Forest, Drudkh)'s label Night Birds Records in 2009. The first edition with black/white artwork was limited to 300 hand-numbered copies, the second with red writings was limited to 500 hand-numbered copies). For the first time P.N. became a four-piece band (still with Winterhalter (drums) and Indria (bass), and Neige (second guitar on the "Lorraine Rehearsal") being reintegrated) fit for playing concerts. On 3 June 2007, Peste Noire played their first concert in Toulouse, France.

At the same period, Famine worked on two more songs called "Sérénade" and "Hôpital", a blend of folkish Black metal and post-punk with electronic beats featuring Sainte Audrey as guest vocalist. He released these songs under his own name Valfunde in a split 7" EP with Amesoeurs produced by De profundis éditions in November 2007. In the liner notes it says: "Recorded and mixed by Famine on outdated equipment with low-priced microphones". Famine quickly dropped the idea of Valfunde, which wasn't his solo project but rather a short-lived side-project using electronic beats. Instead, Famine used the post-punk ideas he had for Valfunde in Peste Noire's third album Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor (2009).

Also released in 2007 was a self-released double protape box Mors orbis terrarum containing all Peste Noire's demo tracks from the sold out demo tapes, and also a split 7" EP with Finnish black metal band Horna which contained the new track "Paysage Mauvais". The Mors orbis terrarum compilation was re-released as vinyl by Debemur Morti Productions in September 2008 (This vinyl release includes all the demos featured on the tape box, except the very raw Aryan supremacy demo and the second demo version of "Phalènes et pestilence" which was on the B side of the Lorraine Rehearsal vinyl released by Northern Heritage in 2007).

La Sanie des siècles was repressed by De profundis éditions and Transcendental Creations on cd in August 2008. A vinyl version of the album was co-produced by De profundis éditions and Finnish label Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions in August 2009. The tape version was produced in 2013 by Night Birds Records in collaboration with Todestrieb.

A tape version of Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor was released in March 2009 by the label Tour de Garde from Quebec.

A limited vinyl version of Folkfuck Folie co-produced by Mikko Aspa's Northern Heritage and De profundis éditions was released in April 2010. It includes a long 2007 interview printed on newsprint answered by Famine. A tape version of Folkfuck Folie was also released on Roman Saenko's Night Birds Records at the same time. It was limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.

In April 2012, La mesnie Herlequin released Les démos, a double CD boxset containing all the Peste Noire demos (all the songs recorded between 2001 and 2005), including the Valfunde tracks.

In August 2012, La mesnie Herlequin repressed Peste Noire's third album Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor on CD with new artwork. The first pressing had been released by De profundis éditions in March 2009.