Phlegeton

J.L. Rey (born 1979), better known by his stage name Phlegeton is a Spanish musician, audio producer, and visual artist based in Madrid, Spain.

For the mythological river, see Phlegethon.

Phlegeton
Background information
Birth name	JL Rey
Born	(1979-12-03) 3 December 1979 Madrid, Spain
Origin	Madrid
Genres	Death metal, black metal, grindcore, avant-garde metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, lyricist, designer, illustrator, producer
Instruments	Vocals, drums, programming
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Season of Mist · Xtreem Music · Willowtip Records · Metal Inquisition Records · Macabre Mementos Records · Ordo Decimus Peccatum
Associated acts	Wormed Banished from Inferno Human Mincer Wrong Godüs Unsane Crisis
Website	www.phlegeton-art.com www.wormed.net www.delta314.com

Over the years, Phlegeton created various bands and musical projects. He is best known for his work as vocalist in the band Wormed,[1] and for his artistic work on album covers, especially death metal albums

His pseudonym is based on the Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon (Φλεγέθων, English translation: "flaming"), one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld.[2]

Music

Phlegeton has fronted a number of bands as a vocalist and drummer, including Wormed, Human Mincer, Wrong, Banished from Inferno and Unsane Crisis. He has also been a member of Godüs, The YTriple Corporation, Garth Arum (live), Nüll and Infernal. Overall, he has released 10 studio albums.

Phlegeton has a diverse vocal register, encompassing many extreme styles, from deep gutturals to clean and raspy high-pitched vocals.[3]

He is known for his lyrics style in the band Wormed. He does not use the common gore aesthetics but rather tell stories of science fiction, quantum physics and space exploration.[4]

Discography (as musician)

Wormed (vocals) [5] Floating Cadaver in the Monochrome MLP (1999) Voxel Mitosis SINGLE (2001) Planisphærium LP (2003) Quasineutrality EP (Vocals, drums) (2010) Exodromos LP (2013) Krighsu LP (2016) Metaportal EP (2019) Lifelost (everything) [6] Dialogues from Beyond LP (2018) Human Mincer (vocals) [7] Degradation Paradox LP (2008) Unsane Crisis (drums, vocals) [8] Unsane Crisis / Ekkaia SPLIT (2001) Unsane Crisis / Hashassin SPLIT (2003) Wrong (vocals, drums) [9] Memories of Sorrow LP (2013) Pessimistic Outcomes LP (2014)

Godüs (vocals, drums) [10] Demo 2003 (2003) Hell Fuck Demon Sound LP (2004) Punishment Is Necessary EP (2005) Phantomgrave: I Am the Catacombs LP (2007) Infernal (drums) [11] The Reapers of God / Exelsus Diaboli SPLIT (2004) A Tragedy Called Existence LP (2004) Nüll (drums) [12] Turbosuizide EP (2000) The YTriple Corporation (drums) [13] The Sentinel's Eyes: A Flashforward EP (2011) Medusa Megalopolis LP (2013) PHLGZ (electronic) phlgz EP (2009) [14] p-gram-engaged-ro SINGLE (2013) [15] xtr0p1an EP (2017) [16] Logy EP (2020) [17]

Guest appearances (as vocalist)

• Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville Vocals (2020) (track 8. Experiment (Voivod))[18]
• Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto Vocals (2014) (track 11) [19]
• Hybrid – The 8th Plague (2008) Vocals (additional)
• Awaiting the Autopsy – Couldn't Tell the Bodies Apart (2009) (track 3)[20]

Artwork

On 2005, he launched his own design studio, Phlegeton Art Studio. He creates record covers for international death metal bands, based in horror and science fiction genres.[21]

List of album covers created

ADE – Spartacus (Ita) Atman – No Recordáren a la Mort (Spa) Atman – L’ Assassi de Venus (Spa) Avulsed – Gorespattered Suicide (Spa) Avulsed – Reanimations (Spa) Aura Noctis – Itineris I (Spa) Aura Noctis – Vitae Proelium (Spa) Benighted – Icon (Fra) Caberman – Castle Dangerous (UK) Cerebric Turmoil – Neural Net Meltdown (Ger) Coffins – Sacrifice to Evil Spirit (Jap) Cuernos de Chivo – Deshumanización (Spa) Decimation – Entering the Celestial Ruins (Tur) Delirium – Inside the Abattoir (USA) Deteriorot – The Faithless (USA) Disgorge – Gore Blessed to the Worms (Mex) Disgraseed – Flesh Market (Fra) Disseverment – Disseverment (USA) Doppler – Apophenia: Type I Error (Spa) Dying – Born from Impurity (Spa) Embryonic Devourment – Beheaded by Volition (USA) Excruciate – Depths of Impurity (Au) Execration – A Feast for the Wretched (USA) Female Nose Breaker – Catalogue of Cruelty (Swi) Frequency – The Flow (Spa) Frozen Ocean – The Dyson Swarm (Rus) G-noma – Origen (Spa) Genotype – Design Intent (USA) Gloria Morti – Eryx (Fin) Gloria Morti – Anthems of Annihilation (Fin) Godüs – Phantomgrave: I am the Catacombs (Spa) Golgotha – New Life (Spa) Gorevent – Worship Paganism (Jap) Human Mincer – Degradation Paradox (Spa) Hydra Kyll – Timelines (USA) Impure – Hemicorporectomy (Spa) Infected Chaos – The Wake of Ares (Aut) Infernal – A Tragedy Called Existence (Col) Inhuman – Course of Human Destruction (CR) Inhuman – Conquerors Of The New World (CR)

Insidious Torture – Lust and Decay (Au) Katalepsy – Musick Brings Injuries (Rus) Kronos – The Hellenic Terror (Fra) Manic Demise – The Bitter Blood of Brutality (USA) Mortician – Tribute to Mortician (USA) Mortify – Preliminary Hearing (Can) Moñigo – Coprometidos con la Causa (Spa) Necrotic Disgorgement – Documentaries of Dementia (USA) Nemecic – The First Morning and the Last Day (Fin) Nüll – Turbosuizide (Spa) Over Your Threshold – Facticity (Ger) Revenant – The Burning Ground (USA) Rex Devs – Ser de seres (Spa) Rex Devs – Nosce te Ipsum (Spa) The Sickening – Death Devastation Decay (Nor) The Unborn Dead – Primitive Origins (Can) The YTriple Corporation – Medusa Megalopolis (Spa) The YTriple Corporation – The Sentinel's Eyes (Spa) Time of Hate – Sweating Hate (Spa) Tools of Torture – Faith-Purification-Execution (Ita) Truculency – Eviscerate the Paraplegic (USA) Unsane Crisis – Split with Ekkaia (Spa) Unsane Crisis – Split with Hashassin (Spa) Unfathomable Ruination – Misshapen Congenital Entropy (UK) Unfathomable Ruination – Unfathomable Ruination (UK) Umbah – Enter the Dagobah Core (UK) Unwom – Phase 1: Inner Earth Dimension (Spa) Vidres a la Sang – Vidres a la Sang (Spa) Vidres a la Sang – Endins (Spa) Whoretopsy – They Did Unspeakable Things (Au) Whoretopsy – Isn't She Lovely (Au) Whoretopsy – Never Tear Us Apart (Au) Wormed – Floating Cadaver in the Monochrome (Spa) Wormed – Voxel Mitosis (Spa) Wormed – Planisphærium (Spa) Wormed – Quasineutrality (Spa) Wormed – Exodromos (Spa) Wrong – Memories of Sorrow (Spa) Wrong – Pessimistic Outcomes (Spa)

External links

• Phlegeton Art Studio

References

1. "Wormed – Krighsu, Sci-Fi Tech Death Metal". www.wormed.net. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
2. "Interview with Banished from Inferno". Xtreem Music. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
3. "Phlegeton's vocals". Technical Death Metal. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
4. "Does Phlegeton dream of electric sheep?". Symmetal. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
5. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wormed/3985
6. https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lifelost/3540446141
7. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Human_Mincer/1948
8. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Unsane_Crisis/94776
9. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wrong/3540359918
10. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/God%C3%BCs/11225
11. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Infernal/9596
12. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/N%C3%BCll/95893
13. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The_YTriple_Corporation/3540338315
14. https://myspace.com/phlgz/music/songs
15. https://phlgz.bandcamp.com/
16. https://phlgz.bandcamp.com/album/xtr0p1an
17. https://phlgz.bandcamp.com/album/logy
18. "Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville". Imperial Triumphant Official Site. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
19. "Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
20. "Guest vocal appearance by Phlegeton ("Wormed" & "Human Mincer")". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
21. "Interview with Phlegeton". Xtreem Music. Retrieved 2011-02-25.