Celebrators of Becoming
# Celebrators of Becoming

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Celebrators of Becoming is the second box set by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released on 5 May 2006. It contains 4 DVDs and 2 audio discs. It is available in two versions: The luxury digipak version in a slip case and the cheaper non-digipak version. Both versions contain all discs. Cover artwork was made by Thomas Ewerhard.

## Content

### DVD: Disc 1

Live video from Mexico City, 2004.

* "Intro"
* "Blood of Kingu"
* "Uthark Runa"
* "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx"
* "Asgård"
* "Son of the Sun"
* "Invocation of Naamah"
* "Typhon"
* "Draconian Trilogy"
* "Flesh of the Gods"
* "Schwarzalbenheim"
* "Ginnungagap"
* "In Remembrance"
* "Wild Hunt"
* "The Invincible"
* "Melez"
* "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
* "The Khlysti Evangelist"
* "Siren of the Woods"
* "Quetzalcoatl"
* "Wine of Aluqah"
* "Cults of the Shadow"
* "To Mega Therion"
* "Iron Fist" (Motörhead cover)
* "Outro"

### DVD: Disc 2

Bands' documentary from the 2004-2006 World Tour (North and South America, Europe and Asia).

**Latin America, 2004**

**Guadalajara, Mexico**

* "Soundcheck Guadalajara" – 1:19

**Latin America, 2004**

**El Salvador**

* "Before Show" – 0:32
* "Stage Excerpt Seven Secrets" / "Atlantis" / "Siren" – 5:10
* "After Show" – 0:28

**Latin America, 2004**

**Colombia**

* "Blood of Kingu" – 5:28
* "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" – 6:50

**Latin America, 2004**

**Bolivia**

* "A Day in La Paz" – 22:22
* "Wine of Aluqah" – 4:47

**North America, 2005**

**Chicago, U.S.**

* "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" – 3:58
* "Black Sun" – 5:29

**North America, 2005**

**Quebec City, Canada**

* "Wine of Aluqah" – 5:05
* "Black Funeral" – 2:58

**East Europe, 2004-2006**

**Moscow, Russia**

* "Russian Anthem" – 1:26

**East Europe, 2004-2006**

**Kyiv, Ukraine**

* "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 4:18

**East Europe, 2004-2006**

**Bucharest, Romania**

* "Black Funeral" – 3:16
* "Iron Fist" – 4:20

**East Europe, 2004-2006**

**Ankara, Turkey**

* "Singing a’ Capella in the Dark" – 3:52
* "Drumming in the Dark" – 3:42

**Europe, 2004**

**Vienna, Austria**

* "Khlysti Evangelist" – 4:42

**Europe, 2004**

**Paris, France**

* "Uthark Runa" – 4:48
* "Asgård" – 4:02
* "The Crowning of Atlantis" – 5:12
* "The invincible" – 5:17

**Europe, 2004**

**Antwerp, Belgium**

* "Melez" – 4:13

**Europe, 2004**

**Strasbourg, France**

* "Uthark Runa" – 5:02

**Europe, 2004**

**Stuttgart, Germany**

* "Backstage" – 0:31
* "Uthark Runa" – 4:51

**Europe, 2004**

**Budapest, Hungary**

* "Typhon" – 5:28
* "Cults of the Shadow" – 5:19

**Europe, 2004**

**Warsaw, Poland**

* "Siren of the Woods" – 4:52

**Europe, 2004**

**Pratteln, Switzerland**

* "Iron Fist" – 3:33

**Europe, 2004**

**Toulouse, France**

* "Caffeine" – 6:03 (As Trail of Tears guests)
* "Rise of Sodom and Gommorrah" – 6:33
* "Cults of the Shadow" / "To Mega Therion" / "Black Funeral" / "Iron Fist" – 15:12

### DVD: Disc 3

**Live at Wacken Open Air, 2001**

* "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx"
* "The Invocation of Naamah"
* "Cults of the Shadow"
* "Birth of Venus Illegitima"
* "In the Desert of Set"
* "The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
* "Wine of Aluqah"
* "To Mega Therion"

**Smecky Studios**

Recorded in Prague, Czech Republic.

* "Recording Choir for 'Quetzalcoath' and 'Blood of Kingu'" – 2:18
* "Chris Follow Notes" – 0:27
* "Harpsichord Close Up" – 0:12
* "Recording Orchestra" – 2:33
* "Recording solo tenor for 'Khlysti evangelist'" – 0:33

**Sun Studio and Vor Frelsers Church**

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark.

* "Recording Hammond Organ" – 2:50
* "Introducing the Mellotron" – 6:14
* "Recording Mellotron" – 1:18
* "Close Up Upon and Soundcheck of Church Organ" – 2:27
* "Recording Church Organ" – 1:23
* "Checking Result of Church Organ Recording" – 2:34
* "Planning Mix" – 0:55
* "Mixing "Son of the Sun"" – 4:10
* "Mixing "Lemuria"" – 0:53

**Studio report**

Modern Art Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

* "Drums and Guitar" – 21:17
* "Mandolin Test of Harmonies" – 0:35
* "Mandolin Recordings" – 5:45
* "Piotr Entfesselt" – 4:50
* "Dreams of Piotrenborg" – 1:08

**Music videos**

All of the band's music videos to date:

* "Pandemonic Outbreak" (1992)
* "A Black Rose" (1993)
* "The Beauty in Black" (1995)
* "To Mega Therion" (1996)
* "In the Desert of Set" (1997)
* "Birth of Venus Illegitima" (1998)
* "Summernight City" (2001)

The disc also contains the art movie "The Golden Embrace" (Christofer Johnsson composed music for this movie on the A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming album) including director's comments.

### DVD: Disc 4

Historical disc, which contains a collection of bootlegs from 1989 to 2001 with comments of band members.

**Strömstad, Sweden, 1989**

* "Paroxysmal Holocaust"

**Of Darkness... - Rinkeby, Sweden, 1989**

* "Asphyxiate with Fear"

**Of Darkness... - Helsinki, Finland, 1990**

* "Dark Eternity"

**Of Darkness... - Huddinge, Sweden, 1992**

* "The Return"

**Beyond Sanctorum - Borås, Sweden, 1992**

* "Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness"

**Beyond Sanctorum - Uppsala, Sweden, 1992**

* "Pandemonic Outbreak"

**Ho Drakon Ho Megas tour - Huddinge, Sweden, 1993**

* "Dawn of Persihness"

**Zug, Switzerland, 1994**

* "Baal Reginon"

**Lepaca Kliffoth separate show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995**

* "Wings of the Hydra"
* "Melez"
* "Symphony of the Dead"
* "A Black Rose"
* "Dark Princess Naamah"
* "Let the New Day Begin"
* "Dawn of Perishness"
* "Black"

**Theli tour - Vilnius, Lithuania, 1996**

* "Cults of the Shadow"

**Theli tour 2 - Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997**

* "To Mega Therion"

**Vovin tour - Porto, Portugal, 1998**

* "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
* "Black Sun"

**Deggial separate show in Mexico, 2000**

* "Enter Vril-Ya"

**Deggial tour - Vilnius, Lithuania, 2000**

* "Behind the Scenes: Before a Show"
* "Riders of Theli"
* "The Niemann Brothers' Jam"
* "To Mega Therion"
* "The Wings of the Hydra"
* "Behind the Scenes: After a Show"

**Secret of the Runes tour - La Paz, Bolivia, 2001**

* "Seawinds"
* "Asgård"
* "Secret of the Runes"
* "Summernight City"
* "Beauty in Black"

**Behind the Scenes 1**

* Budapest, Hungary and Hamburg, Germany

### Live in Mexico City

Both discs contains live audio from Mexico City, 2004.

**CD one**

* "Intro" – 0:27
* "Blood of Kingu" – 5:26
* "Uthark Runa" – 5:33
* "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" – 3:45
* "Asgård" – 4:32
* "Son of the Sun" – 5:43
* "Invocation of Naamah" – 5:38
* "Typhon" – 4:37
* "Draconian Trilogy" – 6:43
* "Flesh of the Gods" – 4:11
* "Schwarzalbenheim" – 3:33
* "Ginnungagap" – 5:13

**CD two**

* "In Remembrance" – 6:34
* "Wild Hunt" – 4:01
* "The Invincible" – 5:22
* "Melez" – 3:59
* "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" – 6:52
* "The Khlysti Evangelist" – 4:53
* "Siren of the Woods" – 9:58
* "Quetzalcoatl" – 3:38
* "Wine of Aluqah" – 4:46
* "Cults of the Shadow" – 5:19
* "To Mega Therion" – 7:09
* "Iron Fist" – 5:14

## Release details

| Disc | Catalog # | Content |
| - | - | - |
| DVD: disc 1 | NB1677-0 | Live video from Mexico City 2004 |
| DVD: disc 2 | NB1689-5 | Tour report 2004-2006 |
| DVD: disc 3 | NB1690-5 | Live at Wacken Open Air, music videos, studio recordings, "The Golden Embrace" |
| DVD: disc 4 | NB1691-5 | Historical disc |
| CD: disc 1 | NB1692-5 | Live audio from Mexico City (part I) |
| CD: disc 2 | NB1693-5 | Live audio from Mexico City (part II) |
