Analysis of a front cover

Kerrang! Magazine.

Genre
The genre of this magazine is rock music, and therefore uses the main feature as a band who is percieved to be involved with the rock genre.

Audience
The audience for this magazine are people who are interested in rock bands. You can prove this by looking at the bands featured in this magazine as they are all involved with the rock genre.

Colours
The 3 main colours for this magazine are red, black and white. This is to attract attention of the intended audience, and gives the magazine a "rock" look; this is done by a smashing of glass effect showing the "naughtiness" of this mgazine.

Text
The text in this magazine is given a "rough" look, and is in black white or gold, this is again, to attract the audience. The text is bold and stands out in the magazine. Also, the magazine name is the same in every issue, and uses a "just been smashed" look to send out the feeling of defiance.