Claim: Peste Noire, created by La sale Famine de Valfunde and initially named Dor Daedeloth, included Neige (whose real name is  Stéphane Paut, and was born April 1985) on the drums and Argoth as a bass player.
Evidence: Peste Noire was created by La sale Famine de Valfunde (i.e. "The filthy Famine of Valfunde") in Avignon in 2000, initially under the name Dor Daedeloth. Neige (Alcest), who played in the band's first eight years of existence, joined him on drums. Argoth, a bass player also member of early Alcest fame, helped up to the 2002 "Mémoire Païenne" split. Stéphane Paut, known professionally as Neige (French: "Snow") (born 16 April, 1985), is a French songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician, and record producer from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, now relocated to Paris.