Analysis Of Music Magazine Front Covers.

For my band, I will also create a magazine front cover in order to promote the band. I will look at a few music magazines that link with the same genre as my band, so they can connect and link together. My aim is to create a music magazine that is inspired by NME and Kerrang magazine. I will now analysis four different covers from each of the two magazines to get ideas for my created magazine. 

From the top, there is a black strip with white writing listing the name's of other Rock bands featured in the magazine. The juxaposioning colour's symbolise the rebellious feel the rock genre displays, these colours could also symbolise good and bad, dark and light, and heaven and hell. The band names are separated by stars, this links with the "Rock Star" lifestyle of living in Hollywood and having your name paved into the floor. This connotes the rich, relaxed, rebellious, successful life that celebrity is living. The star's are red displaying the dangerous, living on the edge, life the RockStar's like to live. 

Underneath is the significant, name of the magazine Kerrang, with an acclimation mark. The font includes the name looks as if it is shattered glass, this links with the stereotypical actions of rock stars when they smash guitars at gig's. This shows they have a attitude as if they don't care, and want to do as they please. 

The colour of the font is black with a white background, this makes the brand name stand out. In the foreground, the band Panic At the Disco, are the main image taking up most space. The shot is from a high angle with the band members looking down at the camera. This makes the band look dominant above the audience, and almost powerful in a sense. 

Just below the the band members, is the band members name, which is in there brand image, which is the font, the audience recognise this. In what looks like red scribble the white words, and the capitalisation of the word FREE, are presented. 

Then there are some pictures to show what bands have speical articles in that issue, and also advertises the free poster which is in the magazine, the word PLUS, also capitalised and is excalmitive, creates emphasis on the word, and then tells you what is also included in this weeks magazine.