Research and Planning: Genre Research

Here are examples of the front covers of rock magazines.

As I can see here on each of these front covers is that every single artist is facing the camera, meaning that this must be a necessity within my magazine.
I also see that most artists wear black, however in larger groups there is sometimes one individual wearing a different colour in order to stand out.
I noticed that black and white fonts are frequently used, often on top of the other colour, which is being used in the background in many of these images. I will repeat this concept on my magazine front cover.
All of these covers also have a list of bands featured inside. Even though my magazine is for new artists, I intend to repeat this idea within my magazine.