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 began writing songs with more black metal traits. This yielded the instrumental demo "Goatlord". After recording "Goatlord", three of the band members—Fenriz, Nocturno Culto and Zephyrous—decided that they wanted to focus on making black metal music. Bassist Nilsen disliked this shift in direction, and quit the band. However, he agreed to record his bass parts for the album as a session member. "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" was recorded during August 1991 at Creative Studios in Kolbotn; the same studio where Mayhem recorded their influential "Deathcrush" EP. In an interview, Fenriz said that the album was somewhat "rushed" and