This front cover doesn't seem to have a particular colour scheme, it seems very random. But Rock Sound front covers have always been known to look quite random, cluttered and a bit all over the place.
The font of the masthead is the same as always, but the strapline is not shown on this front cover. The masthead is very simple and one block colour.
The colours used tend to be thought of as quite bright, happy, fun colours. However, this is contradicted by the man in the picture with the growling, menacing expression on his face. The men behind him look less threatening, and their pictures are alot smaller than his. This shows the idea that to get anywhere in life, you need to be tough and ruthless and a little agressive.
The picture used doesn't seem to link with any text on the front cover apart from the bands featured.
This issue also came with a free CD which was stuck to the space in the bottom left hand corner of the front cover. This shows that CDs are what interests the reader, and the CD consists of tracks from new and up and coming bands, and this shows that the reader is always wanting to hear new music and new bands and see what they think of them.
Each of the people featured on the front cover are a frontman of a band. Because they are all male, this gives the impression that rock is a particularly masculine genre of music, when this is not the case. Most of the successful bands are all male, but they do have a large female fanbase.
At the top, it advertises the fact that with this issue comes with "free CD + massive paramore + biffy posters!" This shows that the reader is the type of person who likes to surround themselves with music by listening to it, and then covering their bedroom walls with posters of their favourite bands. This statement is at the top of the magazine, so if the magazine was on a shelf behind others, this statement would stand out and the person buying it would have a look because this is exactly the sort of thing they want from a magazine.
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