front cover analysis

this is a front cover from the magazine 'rock sound'. it is a magazine that focuses around rock and metal music. it also focuses mainly on the newer bands and the new materail they have to offer and the tagline is 'new music first'. the font used for the mast head is bold and strong; it stands out like the music. the main article is the focus of the picture, in which there is the band 'muse' standing with their arms folded and looking very serious. this gives the reader an idea of what the band in focus are about. the bands name is in bold and is larger than the mast head which shows that the magazine focuses more on the bands and they are the most important thing the reader wants to read. the magazine shows this idea further as one of the bands heads partially covers the mast head, which i think shows that the magazine relies on its big named bands to pull in the readership as the actual brand name is not well known.

the cover is packed with information of what is inside as well as free posters and other articles featured within. this could be showing the style of music as it is very frantic and loud but could also be showing the magazines need to pull in the reader, however this makes some of the sub headings hard to read. i think packing the front cover like this would appeal to the younger generation as they want all the news they can get about their favourite bands and events. however in my magazine i dont think i will packthe front cover too much as i feel it makes the cover look to frantic.