Kerrang Cover Analysis
Kerrang Cover Analysis
The name of the magazine, Kerrang, is a main element to the magazine. Its font style has effects added to it, with the lines to look like broken glass. With also a spattered rusted effect. The name is an onomatopoeia, like the sound of an electric guitar.
The publisher for this magazine is Baur Media; they also publish the magazine “Q”. The publisher media company have another interest in media by TV; they too own 50% stake in the British television company Box Television, the other half owned by Channel 4.
The magazine is released weekly and costs £2.20. Kerrang reaches out to a lot of people; anyone between the ages of 14 to 24 may have an interest in it and has at least heard of it. The magazine has its own website link:
The main front cover has a main image of The Bronx, the main colour scheme on the front cover match the clothing they are wearing to give a professional look. The band themselves are directly looking at you to give a sense that they are drawn to you. The image takes up the entire space on the front cover and everything else such as pictures are layered on top with a slight angle adjustment and borders.
The images are taken inside the magazine to highlight major artists to the audience. There are three banners also, at the bottom, showing a list of other bands included in the magazine. Underneath the main band to highlight there location on tour and at the top there is another one that is a main topic too. The typeface/font is almost exactly the same through out the front cover and on a majority of the main and sub titles, with the characters all bold and capitals. The bold and caps gives everything a loud explosive feel to the magazine. Colour scheme occasionally changes on the front cover but mainly uses red, yellow, black and white. The broken glass effect on the title gives a basic impression to show heavy music, and is normally white in the magazine but can vary sometimes. A bar code is on the front of the magazine for retailers to scan and gives another effect to a typical magazine. The appearance of the magazine looks professional with it having some pictures on angles the layers of banners and titles, gives a good effect on the genre of Rock.
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