Rock Sound is a music magazine that focuses on rock, pop rock, post-hardcore and other similar genres of music. The magazine contains interviews with famous artists and bands of these genres as well as festival updates and news from the genres they cover. Most issues contain posters of bands and artists for the buyer and sometimes come with CD’s. On this cover the masthead is behind the image of the artists and is not as prominent as the image. The image itself is almost the size of the cover. The cover lines are in a large font and are uneven in size and have a pattern on them that looks like smashed glass to enforce the phrase “we predict a riot”. The language used is aggressive and also uses slang as they shorten “Britains” down to “Brits” The image on the cover contains several artists and they are all in aggressively positioned with dark clothing and are holding weapons. To go with the dark clothing the colours on the cover are mainly white and grey. Yellow is also used as a font colour and stands out from the rest. The magazine is published through its own publisher, Rock sound Ltd every month for £3.99. The magazine is aimed at 15 -21 year olds which is evident from this cover by

Q magazine doesn’t have a set genre of music and opts to cover new music of any genre that they like. The magazines contain lots of reviews such as reviews on artists/bands, albums and festivals. The magazine often includes CD’s or books with their issues. The masthead on this issue is in the top right corner with its slogan going across the cover. The image on this cover is in the middle of the cover and spills over on either side. The image shows the lead singer from Muse, Matt Bellamy. He is positioned so that it looks like he has just used his guitar to smash the Q logo. He is wearing dark clothing with red detailing and his guitar is a dark colour. The cover lines are bold white fonts that are in caps, as the less important headings come under the cover lines the smaller the font becomes. The cover uses red, white, black and grey for its colours which all stand out against each other. The magazine is published by Bauer Media Group monthly for £3.90. The target audience for this magazine is around the late 20’s+ with its average viewership age being 29. You can tell this by the cover as it mentions older bands that younger people may not be interested in.

Kerrang! magazine is focused on the genre of rock music. The magazine includes interviews with bands and artists of the rock genre, tour dates, posters and competitions. The masthead goes from left to right at the top of the page and has the largest font on the page which is white, with cracks/lines, and bold. The cover lines are also bold but in a smaller font, the second largest on the cover, and black to stand out against the white background. There are several images on the cover; the largest is Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore, and who the cover lines are about. The other images are relevant to the other headings on the cover. Hayley’s body positioning is with her hand on her hip and her other arm going over her head so she seems confident/ aggressive. She’s wearing a bright yellow tank top with “security” written across the chest which shows less rebellion and more she’s found her place. The colours on the magazine fit with the colours in Hayley’s image; yellow, black and white. Kerrang! Is published by Bauer Media Group weekly for £2.20. The target audience is 15-39 year old men.