title: 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) |
  