kerrang magazine, front page analysis.

The front cover to the kerrang magazine is different to other ssues of kerrang and other music magazines. Instead of having one main picture along with a few more showing some of the main stories inside, it has fifteen pictures on the front along with the main story written in the middle of the page.

The colour pallet used consists of white, black, red and gold. The masthead is along the top of the page, it is placed on a black background and the font is in white. It is edited to give it the appearance of broken glass. The letters are rough around the edges and all join together. This also gives the look of a stamp. This is the usual masthead used for kerrang which gives the front cover a feeling of familiarity. The name kerrang is also the sound you would expect to related to the music that is featured in the magazine.


The pictures are all of different bands and have different sizes. they're not all evenly spread out and some pictures are a lot smaller than others. The picture is usually what catches the eye of the reader but because it displays fifteen pictures, the eye is drawn to the story line which runs directly threw the middle. Your eye is then drawn to the title, then to the pictures.

The text on the banner is a story that is featured inside the magazine. It relates to the pictures on the front cover. The bands on the front cover are the bands that will be involved in the "50 albums you need to hear in 2009" story. It also only tells you a few of the band names of the so that you will be interested in reading this issue.

At the bottom of the front cover there is another banner, this is a smaller banner but it informs you that there are posters inside this issue of kerrang and shows you some of the posters inside. It also tells you "and more" making the reader want to look inside to see what else is inside.

The strapline is sat just above the mast head and is on a gold background. The text is written in black and the different stories inside are seperated by red stars. This is noticed because it is above the mast head so when the reader see's the mast head, their eye is also drawn to the strapline.