front page annalysis of music magazine (Terrorizer)

i just lost the whole of this essay so i shall have to start again.

Terrorizer is a death metal and heavy metal magazine and is quite a low market magazine. i found faults on the front cover at the bottom which i believe to be a crop fault or a fault in general as it is a white line at the bottom of the page which looks like it shouldn't be there. there is also a yellow coloured image of a zombie type creature in the top right hand corner of the front cover which doesn't fit because it is a different colour to anything else depicted on the front cover. there also isn't a specific staple 3 coloured system to the front cover. there is purple (mysterious colour) , white, green ( to compliment the band icon on the front) and red ( to signify blood) on the front cover and overall it looks very cluttered. the cluttered effect isn't just contributed from the colours but also the layout of magazine front cover. the red blood stains on the front cover are stereotypical to the heavy metal genre connoting anger and violence.
there are two list of bands featured in the magazine instead of the featured articles which are seen on kerrang. there are also quite a few cover stories added to the front cover, it feels like they have tried to fit too much in.
even though the magazine looks quite low end it has quite a expensive price tag, this is to be expected with a free cd every month and the thickness of the paper used on the front cover.
the fonts used on the front cover are stereotypical of the rock genre because they are distressed and rebellious. i do think they too many different styles and colours of font are used which confuses the eye. the font of the band 'Municipal Waste' is the actually band icon and recognised image in other magazine they would have just written the band name. i quite like the fact they did this as it would make fans of this particular band notice it more.
i think the headline of the magazine should be bigger as it stuck on to the side. i think they are relying on its colour to stand out (lime green) big headlines are averagely the largest and most noticeable part of a front cover (bar the main image).
the main image of the magazine is of the featured band looking quite angry, again following the connotations of heavy metal music of rebellion, anger, drinking, tattoos and piercings. the mode of address of this picture most certainly isn't friendly. it depicts the lifestyle of heavy metal music and maybe you would like to aspire to be them or be afraid or them. the main image also doesnt take up the whole of the front page it has been cut out and place on the right side of the magazine maybe the magazine would look simplier if there was a background adjoinded to the main image.
i also dont think that the masthead stands out very much against everything. overall it hink it needs to be simplified.
the strapline at the top stands out quite alot against a red distressed background. the capitised words 'free cd' really grabs the attention. i think i shall use capital letters quite alot on my front cover to no only stand out but create a shouting type register and tone to make the front cover quite angry to conform to the rock genre.