Peste Noire are a French black metal band from La Chaise-Dieu, France. The band was formed by "La sale Famine de Valfunde" (Ludovic Faure), also known simply as "Famine", in 2000. Their music uses standard black metal elements mixed with traditional Gallic instrumentation, and influences from genres like punk and electronic music. The band is sometimes referred to as P.N. or K.P.N (Kommando Peste Noire).
Critics say that the band is part of the French National Socialist black metal (NSBM) scene despite Famine repeatedly characterizing himself and his project's ideology as French national anarchist, espousing fascism rather than Nazism.