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"
- "AsgÃÂ¥rd"
- "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" â 1:19
El Salvador:
- "Before Show" â 0:32
- "Stage Excerpt Seven Secrets" / "Atlantis" / "Siren" â 5:10
- "After Show" â 0:28
Colombia:
- "Blood of Kingu" â 5:28
- "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" â 6:50
Bolivia:
- "A Day in La Paz" â 22:22
- "Wine of Aluqah" â 4:47
North America, 2005
Chicago, U.S.:
- "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" â 3:58
- "Black Sun" â 5:29
Quebec City, Canada:
- "Wine of Aluqah" â 5:05
- "Black Funeral" â 2:58
East Europe, 2004-2006
Moscow, Russia:
- "Russian Anthem" â 1:26
Kyiv, Ukraine:
- "I Wanna Be Somebody" â 4:18
Bucharest, Romania:
- "Black Funeral" â 3:16
- "Iron Fist" â 4:20
Ankara, Turkey:
- "Singing aâ Capella in the Dark" â 3:52
- "Drumming in the Dark" â 3:42
Europe, 2004
Vienna, Austria:
- "Khlysti Evangelist" â 4:42
Paris, France:
- "Uthark Runa" â 4:48
- "AsgÃÂ¥rd" â 4:02
- "The Crowning of Atlantis" â 5:12
- "The invincible" â 5:17
Antwerp, Belgium:
- "Melez" â 4:13
Strasbourg, France:
- "Uthark Runa" â 5:02
Stuttgart, Germany:
- "Backstage" â 0:31
- "Uthark Runa" â 4:51
Budapest, Hungary:
- "Typhon" â 5:28
- "Cults of the Shadow" â 5:19
Warsaw, Poland:
- "Siren of the Woods" â 4:52
Pratteln, Switzerland:
- "Iron Fist" â 3:33
Toulouse, France:
- "Caffeine" â 6:03 (As Trail of Tears guests)
- "Rise of Sodom and Gommorrah" â 6:33
- "Cults of the Shadow" / "To Mega Therion" / "Black Funeral" / "Iron Fist" â 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'" â 2:18
- "Chris Follow Notes" â 0:27
- "Harpsichord Close Up" â 0:12
- "Recording Orchestra" â 2:33
- "Recording solo tenor for 'Khlysti evangelist'" â 0:33
Sun Studio and Vor Frelsers Church
Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- "Recording Hammond Organ" â 2:50
- "Introducing the Mellotron" â 6:14
- "Recording Mellotron" â 1:18
- "Close Up Upon and Soundcheck of Church Organ" â 2:27
- "Recording Church Organ" â 1:23
- "Checking Result of Church Organ Recording" â 2:34
- "Planning Mix" â 0:55
- "Mixing "Son of the Sun"" â 4:10
- "Mixing "Lemuria"" â 0:53
Studio report
Modern Art Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
- "Drums and Guitar" â 21:17
- "Mandolin Test of Harmonies" â 0:35
- "Mandolin Recordings" â 5:45
- "Piotr Entfesselt" â 4:50
- "Dreams of Piotrenborg" â 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 - BorÃÂ¥s, Sweden, 1992:
- "Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness"
Beyond Sanctorum - Uppsala, Sweden, 1992:
- "Pandemonic Outbreak"
' 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"
- "AsgÃÂ¥rd"
- "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" â 0:27
- "Blood of Kingu" â 5:26
- "Uthark Runa" â 5:33
- "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" â 3:45
- "AsgÃÂ¥rd" â 4:32
- "Son of the Sun" â 5:43
- "Invocation of Naamah" â 5:38
- "Typhon" â 4:37
- "Draconian Trilogy" â 6:43
- "Flesh of the Gods" â 4:11
- "Schwarzalbenheim" â 3:33
- "Ginnungagap" â 5:13
CD two
- "In Remembrance" â 6:34
- "Wild Hunt" â 4:01
- "The Invincible" â 5:22
- "Melez" â 3:59
- "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" â 6:52
- "The Khlysti Evangelist" â 4:53
- "Siren of the Woods" â 9:58
- "Quetzalcoatl" â 3:38
- "Wine of Aluqah" â 4:46
- "Cults of the Shadow" â 5:19
- "To Mega Therion" â 7:09
- "Iron Fist" â 5:14
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