''But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

Death in June Death in June are a neofolk group led by English musician Douglas P. (Douglas Pearce). The band was originally formed in the United Kingdom in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the grou ...

, released in 1992. The first edition was issued as a gold disc in a white digipak with the artwork on the enclosed booklet. "He's Disabled", "The Mourner's Bench", "Because of Him", and "Little Black Angel" are covers/re-interpretations of songs from

Jim Jones James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide ...

' People's Temple Choir 1973

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

album ''He's Able''. The original songs were "He's Able", "Something's Got a Hold of Me", "Because of Him", and "Black Baby", respectively. The album cover photography of a statue was taken in

Foro Italico Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti. Inspired ...

Track listing

#"Death is the Martyr of Beauty" – 3:50 #"He's Disabled" – 4:08 #"The Mourner's Bench" – 2:31 #"Because of Him" – 3:46 #"Dædalus Rising" – 4:52 #"Little Black Angel" – 4:18 #"The Golden Wedding of Sorrow" – 3:36 #"The Giddy Edge of Light" – 5:07 #"Ku Ku Ku" – 1:52 #"This is not Paradise" – 5:27 #"Hollows of Devotion" – 3:29 #"But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter?" – 3:15

References

Death in June albums 1992 albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub