The front cover of KERRANG! Magazine shows Fall Out Boy; an alternative rock/emo band. Their clothing represents the genre they are wearing dark colours and chequered shirts which is iconic of this and other genres. One of Fall Out Boy’s lead men Pete Wentz is making a gun with his hand and pointing it to his head which kind of connotes an emo genre.Similar to most music magazines the picture of the band is covering the masthead slightly showing that they do not need to completely show the masthead which shows they have anchored the title. The title is an important part in expressing what the theme of the magazine is; it is in a large white font on a black background, the font has a shattered glass effect on it and the edges of the wording look like they have been torn which connotes a rock genre. The actual name of the magazine is also important in the magazine being recognised as a rock magazine; it is called KERRANG! This is representative of the sound a guitar would make.
The structure of the cover and contents page are all very informal; some of the pictures and article titles are tilted and the edges are fuzzed out, again connoting the rock genre.
The contents page is relatively brief compared to other magazines such as NME. In the contents page half of it is a picture of ‘Shinedown’. This shows that this band features as one of the main articles.
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