Sargeist

{{short description|Finnish black metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sargeist

| background = group_or_band

| image = Hoath Torog von Sargeist auf dem Barther Metal Open Air 2010.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Hoath Torog from Finnish black metal band Sargeist

| alias =

| origin = Lappeenranta, Finland

| genre = Black metal

| years_active = 1999–present

| label = World Terror Committee
Moribund Records

| associated_acts = Behexen, Horna

| website =

| current_members = Shatraug
VJS
Spellgoth
Nur-i-siyah

| past_members =Hoath Torog
Horns
Vainaja
Abysmal
Gruft
Profundus

}}

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 subsequently left 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 remained stable until 2016.

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.