The Swedish band Admonish was formed around 1994 or 1995, and was the first unblack metal band in Sweden. They gained notoriety for calling their style "Christian black metal" on their website. This caused some debate in the metal underground and soon an anti-Admonish website was started. While the band did not officially release any material until 2005, the magazine "Metal Hammer" called Admonish "one of the leading Christian black metal bands" in a 1990s issue which focused on black metal.