Kerrang! is a weekly British music magazine published since 1981 that focuses on rock and punk genres. It targets readers between teens and young adults. The magazine uses neutral colors and is not gender specific. It is published by Bauer Media Group and edited by James McMahon. The magazine utilizes various font sizes and black/white colors to showcase article hierarchy on the contents page. Larger images are used to highlight featured articles and pull quotes are placed overlapping photos.

1. Researching magazines
kerrang magazine

2. Kerrang!
• Kerrang! Is a music magazine which
talks about the genres rock and punk
• The target audience of Kerrang!
Magazine again I think is between
young teens & young adults
• I would also say that the magazine isn't
gender specific again using neutral
colours throughout the entire magazine

3. Kerrang! facts
• Kerrang is published by Bauer
media group a multinational
media company based in
Hamburg
• Editor: James McMahon
• First published: 6th June 1981
• Published: weekly
• Price: £2.20

4. Image shows whole band Masthead half covered by
with front man at the front main image
of image, same on most
other issues Main cover line, large
Cover lines in smaller white writing
writing at bottom of the
page Barcode in bottom right
corner of the page
Puff in white red writing
with red background to Smaller images used to
make it stand out highlight other featured
articles
Skyline features Variety of font sizes shows
competition information article hierarchy

5. Main articles have Title: yellow writing
images with them on black background
to stand out
Main article has a
Main contents listen in
bigger image
one column
Subheadings have
Minor article pictures
black background
also listed in one
to make yellow
column
writing stand out
Page numbers in black
Mini article in the
to stand out
top left corner of
the contents page Page numbers
placed together in
sections

6. Puffs in black ad
orange
Pull quote at the Continuation of
beginning of white and black
article, overlaps colours from
picture contents page
Text is written in No title for the
columns article
Text wraps around
Photos take up
black text box
the majority of
the left page All paragraphs are
started with a
Black text colour large drop capital
to make the
writing stand out Text wrapped
around photos

7. Influence on my magazine
• I like the way the page numbers are arranged
into categories
• I also like the way the pictures fit into columns
aswell
• Will use a larger image to denote most
important article on contents page