The main part of my coursework is to create a music magazine so I am going to research into two music magazines that are currently on sale in England. Kerrang has been published on a weekly basis sine June 7th 1981. The magazine mainly focuses on the genre of British heavy metal. A typical issue of Kerrang is around sixty-three pages long and features bands such as Paramore and Slipknot. After the contents page the magazine tends to start with a 'feedback' section, of all the readers emails and questions. Followed by feature articles and interviews. Karrang also dedicate a section to informing readers of up and coming concerts and album releases called 'Gig Guide'. In addition to this towards the end of the magazine are posters, competition and advertisement pages. Between January 1st 2010 - June 30th 2010 Kerrang sold 37,119 single copy sales at basic cover price in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/16862131.pdf The average reader of Kerrang is aged 17-20, although this is a uni sex magazine the majority of readers for Kerrang are male. The layout of the magazine is very traditional and clear, starting with a contents page, leading on to articles and finishing with adverts quiz's and competitions.
