Magazine Analysis: KERRANG Front Cover

Looking at the front cover of this magazine I can see that this magazine is about music, and the type of music is rock and punk. I can tell that that the articles are going to be about some sort of boy band because the main image is a picture of a group of boys.  They look like a typical rock group dressed in dark colours suggesting that this magazine is hard core.

I would say that the magazine is targeted at teenagers and young men from about 16 to 30 years old. There interests could be loud music, parties, alcohol and skating. The mode of address is direct because the main person is looking at the reader; it comes across as very aggressive because he is shouting. This tells me that it wants a very fun and active relationship because he is shouting down microphone and appears to be very rebellious.

On the front cover is the band ‘Sleeping with sirens’. This is because the main article in the magazine is about their new tour and how they want to wake up your town. The anchorage text suggests that the band is reckless and inconsiderate. The text reads ‘here to wake up your town’ which implies that they want to cause people distress. It makes them look bad. However, the band are putting a clear message across to their readers and that is that are here playing music and want people to come listen to them.

The word ‘secret’ is used as a buzzword to get the reader interested. The reader will want to know the secret making them buy the magazine. The title block appears to be damaged and broken which suggests that the magazine is reckless and almost like an underground secret. The title of the magazine tells me that the magazines image is very dark and crazy. The word ‘kerrang’ sounds like a guitar being strung which suggests that its style is musical and about rock bands.

The puffs suggest that the articles inside are going to very exclusive and special. Also, that there will be a lot of interviews and secrets revealed. This is because the puffs say things like ‘revealed’. It suggests that the magazine will be about rock bands being revealed.  This tells me that the magazine is looking to get people who are interested in all the top secrets about certain rocks bands.

There is a mixed of dark colours and semi dark colours which collide together and balance each other. I like it because it is eye catching but still represents the meaning and content of the magazine which is rock and roll. The magazine uses a strategy where they will mention a little secret and hope that the reader will want to find out about that certain thing.