Analysis of Magazine cover

	Denotation	Connotation
Title	Kerrang! Is black and cracked (shown by white lines)	Onomatopoeia of the sound of a guitar the fact that is cracked shows that the sound could have cracked the logo.  This shows that the target audience is men.
Central image	The central image is of Biffy Clyro	This shows that they are a main selling point of this magazine the lead member  This shows that they are a main selling point of this magazine the lead member of the band is in white which makes him bright as the other members and everything else around him is black his head is super imposed over the title there is low key lighting on  his face.
Anchorage text	‘Biffy Clyro Unfold the puzzle of life...’	Biffy Clyro is in bold and in white to go with what the lead member is wearing, the fact that underneath this it says Unfold the puzzle of life...  crates mystery as the lead members face has not got a lot of lighting on it and it creates more mystery.
Buzz words	Free!, plus!	The first Buzz word is free this draws the attention of the readers and makes the  magazine more desirable. The second Buzz word is plus this will also make the readers want to read it more.
Secondary images	Two other bands and a singer	These pictures are small and are at the bottom of the cover this is so that if the big pictured band doesn’t interest readers to read the magazines hopefully these bands will.
Colours	Black. white and red	The main colours used on the cover are white. Black and red. Black and white are mostly used this shows how bold the magazine is. The red is used to highlight extra articles and promotion that the magazine is doing.
Font	The fount of the title looks cracked and the other writing looks big and bold.	The title is cracked as Kerrang is a loud sound that is made by an electric guitar this is why the title is cracked to show how loud the sound is. The other writing is bold this is to make sure readers could read the writing clearly and to make sure that the writing catches the readers eyes.
Special offers	There are free posters and extra interviews inside the magazines.	These would make readers want to buy the magazine more as they would like to read the interviews and most readers love free stuff so if would make them want to buy it more.