Kerrang! Magazine Review.

Comprising of free posters, interviews, reviews, tour dates and feedback from gigs, Kerrang! Magazine is inevitably at the forefront of alternative music journalism, pulling threads from many genres such as Rock, Metal and Pop Punk. So who are the target audience? Well the answer is clearly reflective of its content with a mixture of rebellious dressing, face piercing, body tattooing, boys and girls in their mid teens. The magazine puts emphasis on large pictures, the writing is small but manages to include lots information in which the writing is casual and good for laugh. The magazine does attempt to report on underground bands however this seems rather hit and miss as the sections are small and are often followed with large 3 page articles on the popular ‘mainstream’ bands. Overall its large amount of advert pages, price at £2.20 each week and coverage on mainstream popular artists within the magazine suggest that it is rather marketing tool rather than a form of expression. Sadly the magazines is still the best out there, and if your interested in alternative music there is little viable alternative in a magazine.