Textual Analysis- Kerrang!

Front cover: Kerrang magazine’s title is an onomatopoeic and sounds like the noise made when smashing an electric guitar or a loud instrument. This could already appeal to people who are interested in loud music and heavy guitars. The magazine's main target audience looks like it would be males who are mainly interested in the rock genre of music. I think it appeals to this audience because the people on the cover are all males and the colour scheme is quite dark, using mostely black. It could also appeal to a female audience because some females may be physicaly attracted to some of the males on the cover, or they could just simply enjoy that type of music. The front cover of the magazine uses a significant color pallet, the main colors are white, black , yellow , red and green these colors enable the magazine to be eye-catching and it allows some of the cover lines to stand out.

The main image on this magazine is of the band you me at six. Their facial expressions are shocked and this could appeal to a younger audience and it makes the image more eye catching. The band are wearing dark clothes aswell to follow the magazines colour scheme, as are the smaller images at the bottom of the cover. This could show that because they are almost blending in with the cover that they are calm because the colours they are wearing do not stand out but their facial expressions contrast with this, almost showing that they are to some extent rebelious. The words 'ROCKS NEW HOT SHOTS' show the readers that they are a new upcoming band which also reinforces the fact that this magazine is for younger people. The magazine probably appeals to people who like a darker sort of music because of the words of the bands such as 'disturbed, funeral for a friend' , they are very morbid names which may appeal to a certain type of tribe or cult.

The magazine prestention is shown as relaxed and spacious this can be seen on the cover because the other titles on the cover are in different colors but also in the main cover line "ROCKS NEW HOTSHOTS YOU ME AT SIX DOING IT THEIR WAY" has been printed using different fonts, color, and size of the text. This is because it enables the bands name to be striking and much more noticable grapping the attention of the consumer.

The magazines layout is suitible for the type of magazine it is. Its not completely all in line but it doesnt look messy so the music genre its going to be is going to be simelar to that.

It has used words such as 'plus' and 'FREE' to get the viewer to be more interested in buying the magazine.

Contents Page: The contents page of the kerrang magazine uses very basic colours once again such as, yellow, black and dark blue. This gives this page and maybe even the rest of the magazine a colour scheme, and the repeated use of colours means the magazine sustains its appearance, continuing the same genre and feeling.

There are alot of images on the page which almsot form a border, particulary two of the images stand out, a large dark image, and a large dark yellow image. These colours contrast against the white background, meaning the images stand out and catch the reader’s attention.

In the text there are adverbs used such as 'massive' which connotes the style of the magazine; a heavy rock magazine. The language on the contents is rude and informal ‘Your chance to win hot signed shit!’ but this once again connotes the style and genre of the magazine. It also gives a rebelious effect, like the front cover which appeals to a younger generation.

This contents page may be more appealing to a younger audience than the NME because the majority of the page is pictures, so this could show its trying to advertise the bands more than whats on the pages. I also think this because the actual contents is on the right of the screen instead of the left.

Double Page spread: The layout of this article is very relevant to the genre of magazine it is. There are much more pictures than text, this is appealing for the people who enjoy pictures more than text, which is usually more of a younger generation of audience.

There is not much colour in the text part and a bit more in the pictures which makes them stand out even more. This could show that the point of this article is to show the pictures of the gig, rather than the actual gig review.

The language which is used is quite informal and not very complex, this could link in with the target audience which would be teenagers and people who are into rock music. This could be drawing the reader who is obviously interest in the look of this band, to buy tickets because the pictures help emphasise how good the gig was. The fact that the singer has alot of tattoos could appeal to people who are interested in tattoos and body art. This could mean it could appeal to an older audience.