Music Magazine: Front Cover Analysis 4

This front cover taken from an issue of Kerrang embraces a more boxed layout, with lots of different sized photographs presented on the page with captions. There is a main title in the centre of the page, as opposed to where it is usually positioned in other music magazines further towards the bottom. This title  is roughly the same size as the actual title for the magazine. The title for the magazine is also partially obscured by the main photograph. This is a common feature of established music magazines. The colour scheme seems a bit all over the place, but the main photograph follows a red and green colour scheme. As red and green are colours that compliment each other, this image is particularly eye catching to the reader.

There is also a yellow column along the left hand side of the page with photographs or featured musicians linked to the subheading for the title of the main feature, which is a clever visual link between the title and the photographs beside it. The majority of the text is in bold capitals and the font suggests this magazine will likely cover loud rock and guitar music. There are cracks in the font used on the page which suggests a certain level of anarchy which you'd usually associate with rock music.

There is also another featured story in the bottom right side of the page just above the barcode. The red boxes around the photographs and text helps it stand out against the photograph in the background, but placing it in the bottom right of the page makes it seem like almost an after thought, as the human eye usually starts readings from the top left.

At the top of the page is a yellow header with the names of featured musicians scrawled across in in bold, black capital letters. The title of the magazine is also in a white box. It is common that music magazines place their titles in a coloured box so that the text stands out. Q magazine also has a similar idea.