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Sporus EP

by RobDestroy

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Sporus 10:50
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Sending the Creature to Sleep 02:37

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The Historical Death Prog Epic "Sporus" is a 2 track EP.

Sporus was a young eunuch boy claimed as the third bride by Nero. He was chosen because he resembled Nero's second wife Poppaea, (who Nero may have kicked to death while pregnant). Nero dressed Sporus as her and even called him by her name. It was an abusive relationship, but not without its share of stockholm syndrome.

At the outcast Nero's last moments, he turned to Sporus (Nero actually ordered a soldier to commit suicide first, so he could see what it was like. Nero then couldn't do it himself and pathetically made another soldier stab him.) and spoke his final words:

"Ti kallitechnis pethainei mesa mou!
Poso aschimi Kai chydaia echei ginei!
Elate, mozefteite.
Poly arga. Afto einai."

"What an artist dies in me!
How ugly and vulgar she has become!
Come, pull yourself together.
Too late, This is."

After Nero's death, Sporus was tossed around before being sentenced to death by a fatal re-enactment of the "Rape of Proserpina" at a gladiator show. To avoid this public entertainment/ humiliation, he committed suicide.

"Beloved, mistreated Sporus. I hope you find your way."

credits

released March 15, 2023

Guitar, Bass, Drumset, Vocals, Synth, and Trombone - RobDestroy

World Drums on Sporus and Sending - Jon Shuemaker
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additional creative production on Sending by Chris Kendrick

engineered by Chris Kendrick at Whiskey Bear Studios
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Mixed by Linus Corneliusson at Fascination Street Studios
Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios
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Artwork by @Amp'dvision

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