The issue greets the healthy state of the metal scene with many great albums released in different underground genres. Interviews include Braindance, Dreadful Shadows, Fatal Opera, Lemur Voice, Mayfair, Mercury Rising, and the issue’s focus is strong on the obscure and less-known side of the progressive and atmospheric metal specter. The fanzine size (32 pages) is still modest compared to the massive size of later issues, but innovative and adventurous layout became the norm.