[Rocksound magazine is a music magazine aimed at people (on average) between the ages of 16 and 30, although people from outside this range do read it too. It's audience is male and female, and i dare say that more females actually read it than males.]
This is a double page spread from Rocksound Magazine. Here the layout is quite simple, the title of the article is at the top of the left page, as well as the bands name. There is a photo of the band across the 2 pages but mostly on the left page and the interview overlays the photo on the right page. There is a quote enlarged, cutting across the interview with a white 'box' around it to make it stand out.
The title is stylised in the same way that Rocksound tend to stylise their titles, to the magazine rather than to suit the band. This usually works with less 'heavy' bands, like in this instance. The 'distorted', 'distressed' writing suits the bands style and fits with the magazines generic layout.
The red block behind the main article makes the writing stand out. The colour red is a warm colour which connotes love but also evil. It can be seen as representing cupid but also it is the colour of the devil, which is more likely to be the reason it has been used here, looking at the band's image. It also connotes danger and power.
The background of this article is black and both of the people in the photo are wearing black clothes, aswell as both having black hair and wearing black make-up. Black connotes Death, sadness and Depression. This all goes together with the bands image which seems to be rather morbid looking.
Neither of them are smiling, there isn't really much expression in their faces atall, which suggests that maybe something has happened that they aren't too happy about.
The title of the article is 'Two's company' which could suggest that the reason that they aren't too happy is because maybe they have lost a band member, or maybe they have formed this band from another band...
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