On May 15, 2021, Famine announced that a new Peste Noire album titled Le retour des pastoureaux would be released on September on vinyl and CD exclusively through La mesnie Herlequin, a live acoustic 12-inch EP recorded in Kiev during Asgardsrei 2018, was also announced and released on November, again exclusively through the band's label. Le retour des pastoureaux was also uploaded by Famine on the official La mesnie Herlequin YouTube account on September 3. On May 25, 2021, Famine was found guilty for the July 12, 2018, assault of a man inside a bar, the plaintiff was hospitalized due to a broken jaw and was reportedly suffering from PTSD. Famine fled to Ukraine afterwards where he stayed with his associates from Militant Zone until September 2020, upon his return to France he was subsequently arrested. He received a six months suspended prison sentence, which will be effective for 5 years, plus a fine of 3000 euros pending further adjustment for the victim's expenses, another man from the same incident also filed an assault complaint against Famine for a broken nose, though Famine denies having hit him.
