Firstly, the main image is shown layered over the masthead, as well as props in the main image being a loud speaker and brick, and the various bands (BMTH, You Me At Six, The Blackout etc) have facial expressions that connote anger and loud music - all of these features demonstrate the 'in your face', heavy music that the magazine publishes. You can still see the masthead, due to the white colouring, which contrasts to the dark colours of the main image. Colours have been kept to minimum low key themes, with occasional phrases coloured yellow, to draw attention. For instance, 'Posters' has been created yellow to draw the audiences attention to this particular selling point. 'Plus' is also yellow, to demonstrate the coverlines which show what else is included in the magazine. Instead of going into slight depth about interviews and tour dates, the coverlines are simply just names of bands, such as 'Alesana', 'You Me At Six' and 'We Are The Ocean' - this is used efficiently to quickly give the audience an insight so they can see if bands of their interest will be included in the issue. It also gives a sense of genre as they again, are all quite heavy bands. The final point in yellow, is 'Brits on the Rampage', this makes one assume that the audience is aimed at younger people, due to the slang tone of the word 'Rampage' and the shortening of 'Brits'.
The fonts on this cover are made easy to read and stand out. 'We Predict A Riot' is written in upper case lettering which may reinforce the loud music scene, and it also has a smashed glass effect to it, provoking and connoting violence within the scene. With this idea in mind, the artist in the bottom left is holding a brick, which furthermore connotes violence.
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