Celebrators of Becoming

Infobox Album |
Name = Celebrators of Becoming
Type = box
Artist = Therion


Released = May 5, 2006 (Europe)
June 13, 2006 (N.A.)
Recorded = 1989-2006
Genre = Symphonic metal
Death metal
Length =
Label = Nuclear Blast

Producer =
Reviews =
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Last album = "Atlantis Lucid Dreaming"
(2005)
This album = "Celebrators of Becoming"
(2006)
Next album = "Gothic Kabbalah"
(2007)

"Celebrators of Becoming" is a Therion box-set released on 5 May2006. 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

; El Salvador:
# "Before Show" – 0:32
# "Stage Excerpt Seven Secrets" / "Atlantis" / "Siren" – 5:10
# "After Show" – 0:28

; Colombia:
# "Blood of Kingu" – 5:28
# "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" – 6:50

; 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

; Quebec City, Canada:
# "Wine of Aluqah" – 5:05
# "Black Funeral" – 2:58

East Europe, 2004-2006

; Moscow, Russia:
# "Russian Anthem" – 1:26

; Kiev, Ukraine:
# "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 4:18

; Bucharest, Romania:
# "Black Funeral" – 3:16
# "Iron Fist" – 4:20

; Ankara, Turkey:
# "Singing a’ Capella in the Dark" – 3:52
# "Drumming in the Dark" – 3:42

Europe, 2004

; Vienna, Austria:
# "Khlysti Evangelist" – 4:42

; Paris, France:
# "Uthark Runa" – 4:48
# "Asgård" – 4:02
# "The Crowning of Atlantis" – 5:12
# "The invincible" – 5:17

; Antwerp, Belgium:
# "Melez" – 4:13

; Strasbourg, France:
# "Uthark Runa" – 5:02

; Stuttgart, Germany:
# "Backstage" – 0:31
# "Uthark Runa" – 4:51

; Budapest, Hungary:
# "Typhon" – 5:28
# "Cults of the Shadow" – 5:19

; Warsaw, Poland:
# "Siren of the Woods" – 4:52

; Pratteln, Switzerland:
# "Iron Fist" – 3:33

; 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"

mecky Studios

Recorded in Prague, Czech Republic.
# "Recording Orchestra" – 3:06
# "Chris Follow Notes" – 0:31
# "Harpsichord Close Up" – 0:12
# "Recording Choir" – 2:33
# "Recording Tenor" – 0:33

un 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

tudio 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"

; Rinkeby, Sweden, 1989:
# "Asphyxiate with Fear"

; Helsinki, Finland, 1990:
# "Dark Eternity"

; "Beyond Sanctorum" - Huddinge, Sweden, 1992:
# "The Return"

; "Beyond Sanctorum" - Borås, 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, 1992:
# "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

External links

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