Colours: there are 3 main colours on the front of this Kerrang magazine front cover, they are red, white and black. The reason it is black is because it is an ‘emo’ and rock themed magazine and this will attract that type of people. The white is there to make everything else stand out on the front of the magazine so it can be clearly seen and bold and also the red is used for certain parts of the front cover to make it stand out from just a dull white colour. The three colours together have tried to make a ‘death’ and ‘fear’ theme so that the readers know what to expect even before they have opened the first page.

Design: the main point of this front cover is the image itself, but the name of the magazine ‘Kerrang’ and the name of the band ‘RAMMSTEIN’ also stick out very much. The smashed letter effect of ‘Kerrang’ is to try and keep it with the ‘rock’ theme. There are many other stories that are all around the main image but notice they are kept close to there relevant image so that they match each other.

Images: there are many small images that are all around the main image and these are put there to make their story lines look more appealing. The main image itself is a mid-shot of the band Rammstein as they are the band that is chosen to be on the front cover. The image is as if they are coming out of the magazine which draws the audience in and it is also as if they are trying to come out to get you, and this would match the tag line put with them ‘be afraid Britain, be very afraid’.

Language and words: the words that are used are very bold so that it stands out and this is very themed with rock music. The master head ‘Kerrang’ is very bold in white so it can be seen and it is in a smashed font to keep to the rock theme and to attract that audience. Is some of the story lines there has been a red font used and this is to try and put fear into the front cover. For example in the tag line ‘there’s something dangerous about us’ the ‘dangerous’ is the only word in red, which tries to make it seem fearful which matches the emo theme. In the competition they have used the words ‘mega competition’, this would attract the audience to this and make them buy the magazine and also take part in this competition.

Overall impression: The front cover matches the theme of the magazine very well which would make people into rock type of music buy it. I like the fact that the tag line states that people should be ‘afraid’ of rammstein and in their image it is as if they were coming out to grab you.