Sargeist

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Sargeist
Origin Lappeenranta, Finland
Genre(s) Black metal
Years active 1999-present
Label(s) Moribund Records
Members
Shatraug
Hoath Torog
Horns

Sargeist is a Finnish black metal band formed in 1999. Originally created as a solo project by Shatraug of the Finnish black metal act Horna, he was joined by other members since 2000, who were subsequently released from the band. After the demo recording Tyranny Returns (2001), the line-up was augmented by Hoath Torog and Horns, both from the Finnish black metal outfit Behexen, and this line-up has remained stable to this day.

Both musically and lyrically, Sargeist stays close to the roots of Scandinavian "old school" black metal. Lyrical subjects thus often deal with Satanism and anti-Christian blasphemy, as well as darkness, depression, misanthropy and hate. The band's name combines the two German words, "sarg" (coffin) and "geist" (spirit, ghost), and derives from the song "The Old Coffin Spirit" by the black metal band Rotting Christ. All members go by pseudonyms (their real names are unknown).

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[edit] Current Line-Up

[edit] Former Members

  • Lord Volos – Drums (on Heralding the Breath of Pestilence)
  • Gorsedd Marter – [unknown] (on Tyranny Returns)
  • Makha Karn – [unknown] (on Tyranny Returns)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-length Albums

  • Satanic Black Devotion (2003)
  • Disciple of the Heinous Path (2005)

[edit] Demos

  • Nockmaar (1999)
  • Heralding the Breath of Pestilence (2000)
  • Tyranny Returns (2001; re-released 2005)

[edit] Split Albums

  • Reaping with Curses and Plague (with Merrimack) (2002)
  • Wraith Messiah (with Temple of Baal) (2004)
  • In Ruin and Despair (with Horned Almighty) (2004)
  • Sargeist/Funeral Elegy (with Funeral Elegy) (2004)
  • Dead Ravens Memory (with Bahimiron) (2006)

[edit] Compilation Albums

  • Funeral Curses (2005)

[edit] Interview

[edit] Review

[edit] External links

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