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The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

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Ascension I 10:16
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This is the second installment of the 'Asia Minor' series.

For the first installment, go here: handwrist.bandcamp.com/album/atalh-y-k-ep

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This album is about the martyrdom of forty soldiers who professed the Christian faith in Armenia, 320 AD. They were part of an elite Roman legion comprised of men from multiple parts of the empire, settled near the town of Sebaste, in ancient Armenia.

As punishment for their confession, they were beaten, tortured and then cremated, some still alive.

To accompany this album, I wrote a short story about the events to provide context to the music and the cover art - most of the specifics in the text are taken from St. Basil's near contemporary account, but they are told from the perspective of the head soldier in charge of the punishment, and some poetic liberty is necessarily involved.

You can read the story here:
medium.com/@handwrist/the-forty-martyrs-of-sebaste-b11d5e124c8

The music deals with the spiritual journey and the invisible reality of this martyrdom, how death is transformed into life through suffering and sacrifice, something which words cannot truly contain or describe. I believe only music can. So here it is.

For the Glory of Christ

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released October 3, 2019

Everything by RBR.

thank you to everyone who helped make this album.

special thanks to my wife, the indispensable framework.

and thanks be to God, the first and final artist, who created everything from nothing, and out of Love gave us the freedom to participate in His Creation.

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