Magazine analylasis Rocksound- front cover

This magazine is called Rocksound. The age range for this magazine is aimed at mid to late teens, this magazine is aimed to appeal to those who have a keen intrest in rock music and the culture that comes with it. It is more mature than kerrang and less mature than NME. The main title is across the top and in bold wrighting with a plain white font. this font is used in all their magazines but the colour of the font is often changed, if the issue is special addition or themed. The font they use is iconic to the magazine.

The band on the front cover is called Bring me the Horizon, they are a heavy metal rock band and are very popular with people who like the screamo style of music. The photo on the front cover keeps up with this rock image and have a violent hardcore appearance in the photo, they are holding things like, baseball bats and smashed bottles. This will appeal to the grunge fans and will intise audiences to buy the magazine. Their facial expressions are very screwed up, to give a violent and intense look, this is backed up buy the rock image the magazine uses. Their clothing is dark, and this contrasts with the dark grey background and will appeal to potential customers who like to dress in a similar way.

The cover doesn't say the bands name, this suggests their importance and how successful the band are and that the writers are assuming their readers will know who they are. Instead the cover says 'WE PREDICT A RIOT' this helps with the hardcore image and will appeal to mid late teens who like the band. The font of the main headline is like smashed glass, this connects with smashing things up and violence, and the expressions on the band members faces express this. Underneath that in a crooked wonky style it has other important bands that fans of Bring me the horizon might also like, and therefore persuade them to buy the magazine even more. The title is positioned arround the band members faces and merges well into the photo being carefull not to take the customers eye away from the actual band members. The magin title is also right next to the main band member, this will draw the potential customers eye to his face and the title first there fore making the use of that position very succsessfull.

On the far left side there is a list of other features in the magazine in a plain white font. This stands out against the dark background and suggests that its important as well. This gives the magazine a sophisticated look as well as a rock look.