Celebrators of Becoming explained
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
- 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
- Kyiv, 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"
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 |
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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) | |
References
- Web site: 2006 . Therion Store: Celebrators of Becoming . 28 March 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060430123514/http://www.therionstore.com/item.html?itemid=19 . 30 April 2006 . dead .
- Web site: 2006 . Nuclear Blast America . 1 June 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060518220531/http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/bands/therion/celebrators.html . 18 May 2006 . dead .
- Web site: 2006 . Therion at MusicBrainz . . 1 June 2006.
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