Textual analysis of Music Magazines part 1 Kerrang (front cover, contents and double page spread)

Here is my textual analysis of 3 covers, 2 contents and 1 double page spread

Kerrang (onomatopoeia)
Issue 1293
Price: £2.20
Sections in magazine: 7
Pages in magazine: 63 pages

Cover-

There is a photo montage of the artists which are featured in the main article, the masthead is coming right across the top with a strap line just above it; this makes the masthead appear important and dominant. In the strap line there is an advertisement for a competition to win tickets to every show to the Kerrang relentless energy tour. The main picture on the front cover has a few of the leader singers in the article  '50 albums you must hear in 2010', the banner for this feature stands out as it has a huge round red (primary colours used) banner and yellow text to make the main story jump out. The word Kerrang is an onomatopoeia and is the sound which is made when strumming a guitar is made.


Contents-

In the contents page, it is spilt into two half, the top half is taken up by 3 photographs two of which are thumbnails, one for Enter shikari and one for Emilie Autumn. The bigger photograph is for the main article of '50 albums you must hear in 2010'.
The use of frequent picture can relate back to the cover stories, the contents page is also spilt into sections with a section for the editor to write a letter to the reader, wishing them a happy new year and what is to be included in the up and coming issues.
The colour scheme for the contents page is black, yellow and white to keep it simple yet modernised.


Double page spread (DPS)-


The double page spread for this magazine is Placebo a gig review, the picture in this gig review takes up the majority of the two pages with the review of the bands gig on the left hand side, the review was written by someone who actually went to the gig instead of watching from YouTube and making an critical analysis of the bands performance in the venue itself.
Also in this double page spread there is a 'how was it for you?' where three people (one would be one of the band members e.g. the singer and two others would be the member of the public who watched the band) give there review on the bands performance.