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Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor is the third studio album by French black metal band Peste Noire, released on 27 March 2009 by La Mesnie Herlequin. It is the first Peste Noire album to prominently feature Audrey Sylvain who, prior the album's release, had only provided backing vocals for the song "Amour ne m'amoit ne je li" on the band's second album.

As of 2024, Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor has been the only full-length album of the band to include drummer Andy Julia within thier lineup.

Background
Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor was released in 2009 as a follow-up to the band's 2007 album Folkfuck Folie. The recording marked a significant change in Peste Noire overall musical style, shifting their traditional black metal sound to a more experimenting avant-garde one which would continue onto their subsequent compositions and become a distinctively defining characteristic of the band. Additionally, Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor was the first Peste Noire album to feature the songwriting and performance of Audrey Sylvain, who prior the album's release, had only ever been appeared on the song "Amour ne m'amoit ne je li" from Folkfuck Folie. Audrey had previously performed alongside Stéphane Paut together in their blackgaze band Amesoeurs - which also included former Peste Noire drummer Jean "Winterhalter" Deflandre. Additionally, the photography for Amesoeurs 2009 self-titled debut album was done by Andy Julia - who also plays the drums on Ballade cuntre lo Anemi francor.

Although fundamentally a black metal record at its core, Ballade cuntre lo Anemi franco distinguishably mixes in elements of experimental metal, post-punk, prog metal and traditional folk music to varying degrees. It ______ and incorporates audio samples along with ___________ instruments _____________ while still maintaining the signature raw lo-fi recording quality and dark atmospherical soundscape that black metal music is known for.

From a lyrical standpoint, Ballade cuntre lo Anemi franco draws on themes concerning French nationalism, patriotism, traditionalist conservatism, right-wing populism, Germanophilia and militarism/paramilitarism.

The cover artwork is speculated to be either a French or English illuminated manuscript from the 14th century. In regards to the thematic band lore of Peste Noire as a whole, it is significant to note that that the 14th century marked the Europe-wide Great Famine of 1315–1317 which was soon followed by arrival of the Black Plague in France before quickly spreading to England the subsequent year after. The band's name, "Peste Noire", is French for "Black Plague" and their frontman, Ludovic Faure, performs under the stage name "Famine" - possibly a reference to the Great Famine of the 14th century.

Track listing
Notes
 * "Soleils couchants" contains ________ by Paul Verlaine, a 19th-century French symbolist poet.
 * "Ballade cuntre les anemis de la France" contains _________ by François Villon, a 15th-century French poet.
 * The intro to "La mesniee mordrissoire" contains an interpolation of "Les hussards de Bercheny", a French military march based on the melody of the revolutionary Polish song "Warszawianka 1905 roku".

Personnel
All information is taken from the CD liner notes.


 * Peste Noire
 * Famine (Ludovic Faure) – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, choir chants, harmonica
 * Sainte Audrey-Yolande (Audrey Sylvain) – female vocals, piano, organ
 * Ragondin (Stéphane Paut) – bass guitar
 * Andy Julia – drums


 * Production
 * Füreiss – audio mixing, production, engineering, mastering