Northern Lights Cathedral Church as the main church for the deanery. The "Northern Lights" are the Aurora Borealis associated with the Arctic night sky. At the opening service, bishop Per Oskar Kjølaas admitted that the word was contentious since it technically meant not a parish church but a cathedral (for which the more common Norwegian word is ). He defended the name by the informal precedents of the and , and argued that a bishop is at home in all churches of the diocese. Northern Lights Cathedral The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church () is a parish church of the Church of
A Blaze in the Northern Sky community". In 2009, "IGN" included "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" in their "10 Great Black Metal Albums" list, while a 2007 article in "Decibel" magazine called it "the first truly blackened death metal album". A Blaze in the Northern Sky A Blaze in the Northern Sky is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was released on 26 February 1992 by Peaceville Records. It contained the band's first black metal recordings, and is considered a classic within the genre. It was the first album of what fans dub the "Unholy Trinity", the other albums being