Analysis Of Music Magazine Front Cover.

The black and white central image gives a clear representation of the band. It shows that as being serious or a band to be taken seriously. This abundance of colours, or specifically bright colours, does not make them seem juvenile or immature; therefore allowing their audience to take them more seriously. This sets the tone for the artist and what we should expect from them.

Despite the fact that the central image is covering a lot of the masthead, the fact that

the ‘K’ is fully showing is enough to show their brand identity and let reader instantly know

what magazine they’re reading.

By having the stark contrast of red on a black and white background, it brings the reader’s attention to this, making it seem important; consequently emphasising the bands importance.

By having these bands at the bottom, it means it is one of the reader’s last thing to see on the magazine. This signifies to the reader that they are either the least important or least featured bands. The constant use of exclamation marks, creates a feeling

of excitement. Also, as exclamation marks are typically used in texts to show that someone is shouting, this simulates the loudness of the genre of music they are creating a magazine for. Meaning that the front cover conforms to the codes and conventions of the genre (this is because rock and metal music is known for being loud and Kerrang caters for this genre).

The shape of the images to show what the pug is, resembles the shape of a sticker. As stickers are collectible and are collected, this shows that Kerrang magazine and their free posters are collectable, furthering the appeal of buying the magazine.

The text is distorted for ‘Slipknot’s’ coverline. This mimics the distortion of their music and image, therefore allowing the magazine to identify with the genre, and the genre to be affiliated with the magazine.