Celebrators of Becoming

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.

DVD: Disc 1
Live video from Mexico City, 2004.


 * 1) "Intro"
 * 2) "Blood of Kingu"
 * 3) "Uthark Runa"
 * 4) "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx"
 * 5) "Asgård"
 * 6) "Son of the Sun"
 * 7) "Invocation of Naamah"
 * 8) "Typhon"
 * 9) "Draconian Trilogy"
 * 10) "Flesh of the Gods"
 * 11) "Schwarzalbenheim"
 * 12) "Ginnungagap"
 * 13) "In Remembrance"
 * 14) "Wild Hunt"
 * 15) "The Invincible"
 * 16) "Melez"
 * 17) "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
 * 18) "The Khlysti Evangelist"
 * 19) "Siren of the Woods"
 * 20) "Quetzalcoatl"
 * 21) "Wine of Aluqah"
 * 22) "Cults of the Shadow"
 * 23) "To Mega Therion"
 * 24) "Iron Fist" (Motörhead cover)
 * 25) "Outro"

DVD: Disc 2
Bands' documentary from the 2004-2006 World Tour (North and South America, Europe and Asia).

Latin America, 2004

 * Guadalajara, Mexico:
 * 1) "Soundcheck Guadalajara" – 1:19


 * El Salvador:
 * 1) "Before Show" – 0:32
 * 2) "Stage Excerpt Seven Secrets" / "Atlantis" / "Siren" – 5:10
 * 3) "After Show" – 0:28


 * Colombia:
 * 1) "Blood of Kingu" – 5:28
 * 2) "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" – 6:50


 * Bolivia:
 * 1) "A Day in La Paz" – 22:22
 * 2) "Wine of Aluqah" – 4:47

North America, 2005

 * Chicago, U.S.:
 * 1) "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" – 3:58
 * 2) "Black Sun" – 5:29


 * Quebec City, Canada:
 * 1) "Wine of Aluqah" – 5:05
 * 2) "Black Funeral" – 2:58

East Europe, 2004-2006

 * Moscow, Russia:
 * 1) "Russian Anthem" – 1:26


 * Kyiv, Ukraine:
 * 1) "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 4:18


 * Bucharest, Romania:
 * 1) "Black Funeral" – 3:16
 * 2) "Iron Fist" – 4:20


 * Ankara, Turkey:
 * 1) "Singing a’ Capella in the Dark" – 3:52
 * 2) "Drumming in the Dark" – 3:42

Europe, 2004

 * Vienna, Austria:
 * 1) "Khlysti Evangelist" – 4:42


 * Paris, France:
 * 1) "Uthark Runa" – 4:48
 * 2) "Asgård" – 4:02
 * 3) "The Crowning of Atlantis" – 5:12
 * 4) "The invincible" – 5:17


 * Antwerp, Belgium:
 * 1) "Melez" – 4:13


 * Strasbourg, France:
 * 1) "Uthark Runa" – 5:02


 * Stuttgart, Germany:
 * 1) "Backstage" – 0:31
 * 2) "Uthark Runa" – 4:51


 * Budapest, Hungary:
 * 1) "Typhon" – 5:28
 * 2) "Cults of the Shadow" – 5:19


 * Warsaw, Poland:
 * 1) "Siren of the Woods" – 4:52


 * Pratteln, Switzerland:
 * 1) "Iron Fist" – 3:33


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

Live at Wacken Open Air, 2001

 * 1) "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx"
 * 2) "The Invocation of Naamah"
 * 3) "Cults of the Shadow"
 * 4) "Birth of Venus Illegitima"
 * 5) "In the Desert of Set"
 * 6) "The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
 * 7) "Wine of Aluqah"
 * 8) "To Mega Therion"

Smecky Studios
Recorded in Prague, Czech Republic.
 * 1) "Recording Choir for 'Quetzalcoath' and 'Blood of Kingu'" – 2:18
 * 2) "Chris Follow Notes" – 0:27
 * 3) "Harpsichord Close Up" – 0:12
 * 4) "Recording Orchestra" – 2:33
 * 5) "Recording solo tenor for 'Khlysti evangelist'" – 0:33

Sun Studio and Vor Frelsers Church
Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark.
 * 1) "Recording Hammond Organ" – 2:50
 * 2) "Introducing the Mellotron" – 6:14
 * 3) "Recording Mellotron" – 1:18
 * 4) "Close Up Upon and Soundcheck of Church Organ" – 2:27
 * 5) "Recording Church Organ" – 1:23
 * 6) "Checking Result of Church Organ Recording" – 2:34
 * 7) "Planning Mix" – 0:55
 * 8) "Mixing "Son of the Sun"" – 4:10
 * 9) "Mixing "Lemuria"" – 0:53

Studio report
Modern Art Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.
 * 1) "Drums and Guitar" – 21:17
 * 2) "Mandolin Test of Harmonies" – 0:35
 * 3) "Mandolin Recordings" – 5:45
 * 4) "Piotr Entfesselt" – 4:50
 * 5) "Dreams of Piotrenborg" – 1:08

Music videos
All of the band's music videos to date:


 * 1) "Pandemonic Outbreak" (1992)
 * 2) "A Black Rose" (1993)
 * 3) "The Beauty in Black" (1995)
 * 4) "To Mega Therion" (1996)
 * 5) "In the Desert of Set" (1997)
 * 6) "Birth of Venus Illegitima" (1998)
 * 7) "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:
 * 1) "Paroxysmal Holocaust"


 * Of Darkness... - Rinkeby, Sweden, 1989:
 * 1) "Asphyxiate with Fear"


 * Of Darkness... - Helsinki, Finland, 1990:
 * 1) "Dark Eternity"


 * Of Darkness... - Huddinge, Sweden, 1992:
 * 1) "The Return"


 * Beyond Sanctorum - Borås, Sweden, 1992:
 * 1) "Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness"


 * Beyond Sanctorum - Uppsala, Sweden, 1992:
 * 1) "Pandemonic Outbreak"


 * Ho Drakon Ho Megas tour - Huddinge, Sweden, 1993:
 * 1) "Dawn of Persihness"


 * Zug, Switzerland, 1994:
 * 1) "Baal Reginon"


 * Lepaca Kliffoth separate show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995:
 * 1) "Wings of the Hydra"
 * 2) "Melez"
 * 3) "Symphony of the Dead"
 * 4) "A Black Rose"
 * 5) "Dark Princess Naamah"
 * 6) "Let the New Day Begin"
 * 7) "Dawn of Perishness"
 * 8) "Black"


 * Theli tour - Vilnius, Lithuania, 1996:
 * 1) "Cults of the Shadow"


 * Theli tour 2 - Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997:
 * 1) "To Mega Therion"


 * Vovin tour - Porto, Portugal, 1998:
 * 1) "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
 * 2) "Black Sun"


 * Deggial separate show in Mexico, 2000:
 * 1) "Enter Vril-Ya"


 * Deggial tour - Vilnius, Lithuania, 2000:
 * 1) "Behind the Scenes: Before a Show"
 * 2) "Riders of Theli"
 * 3) "The Niemann Brothers' Jam"
 * 4) "To Mega Therion"
 * 5) "The Wings of the Hydra"
 * 6) "Behind the Scenes: After a Show"


 * Secret of the Runes tour - La Paz, Bolivia, 2001:
 * 1) "Seawinds"
 * 2) "Asgård"
 * 3) "Secret of the Runes"
 * 4) "Summernight City"
 * 5) "Beauty in Black"


 * Behind the Scenes 1:
 * 1) Budapest, Hungary and Hamburg, Germany

Live in Mexico City
Both discs contains live audio from Mexico City, 2004.

CD one

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

CD two

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