Article Research

Questions I asked to the interview:

• How did you form?
• What made you want to pursue music?
• Who influences you and why?
• Do you have a favourite band?
• What are your aspirations for the future?
• What is the chemistry like in the band?
• Does your old band feel like competition?
• Does being associated with them annoy you?
• How difficult was it to break into the scene?
• How can you compete with the more established bands out there?
• What makes you different from other bands?

http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/magazine/ I looked at past layouts of Metal Hammer articles to get inspiration for the article I am going to write and too see what kind of questions I should ask.

I already knew the band I interviewed so I asked them things as article research.

Planning Production

Cover Image:  Girl dressed in ‘metal’ clothing holding a bass guitar.

Cover lines:  

·         Morbid Angel- ‘Greatest Death Metal Album’ of all time?

·         Death reunion – Shannon Hamm confirms rumours. Exclusive!

·         Behemoth- Nergal, cancer and the new album.

·         Burzum- Varg’s new black metal venture.

·         I, The Silhouette- the new band that is breaking genres.

Text for the contents page

Regular Content:

·         Reviews (new bands and albums) 

·         My Life Story... (an article of the lives of famous metal heads) 

·         Access All Areas! (behind the scenes are major gigs and festivals) 

·         Albums that shaped my life (albums that influenced major bands) 

·         Underground (new and upcoming bands)

·         Metal Health (A history of famous metal bands)

·         Gigs of the month (gig listings of all the best gigs in that month) 

·         The Satan Supplement (A small insert dedicated to Black Metal)

·          Reader feedback (feedback from the last issue)

·         Devil's Tritone (guitar masters teach us the basics month by month

Feature Content:

 

·         Death reunion exclusive- new album and upcoming tour of Europe. Shannon Hamm gives the interview.

·         1349- New album from the Norwegian metal maestro’s.

·         Burzum- Varg fresh from prison talks about his newest black metal venture.

·         Gorgoroth- splitting up?

·         Messugah- on tension within the band

·         Devin Townsend- On metal genres.

·         Mastodon and Opeth- to collaborate?

 

·         I, The Silhouette- the brand new band talk about breaking genres.

·         Arve 'Ice Dale' Isdal- on his surprising musical influence

·         George 'Corpse Grinder' Fisher- creates a new super group, exclusive.

·         Morbid Angel- 'Greatest Death Metal Album' of all time?

·         Alan 'Nemtheanga' Averill- Reforming Void Of Silence.

·         Lamb Of God- NEW ALBUM! The hotly anticipated 'Resolution'. Track by track guide.

·         Jonas Berqvist (Nattdal or ‘B’) - A tribute to his life and music.

·         Behemoth - A new album and Nergal's amazing recovery from leukaemia.

·         Chloe – A one woman death metal marvel.

Title:  Contents, along with the date and the name of the magazine.

Images for the Contents page:

·         Image of the front cover of the magazine - placed by the title of the page.

·         Image of I, The Silhouette.

Article for the double page spread and images:

·         I, The Silhouette interview

·         Image of I, The Silhouette band

Publication Plan

This is the plan for my magazine after I have done my market research:

Title:


Positioning Statement: The heaviest metal magazine

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.99

Distribution: bookshops eg,WH Smith, supermarkets eg, Tesco, newsagents, music shops eg, HMV and online shops eg, magazine.co.uk

Rationale: A magazine for true metal heads, who live for the music. The magazine will be more extreme than any of the others but at the same time be humorous and fun. It is aimed mainly at teenagers (14-19) but it will also appeal to a broad audience as well.

Style: Informal style, using humour and slang. The magazine is not afraid to be different and it has very strong opinions. Images will dominate the articles.

Regular Content:

Reviews (new bands and albums) 

My Life Story... (an article of the lives of famous metal heads) 

Access All Areas! (behind the scenes are major gigs and festivals) 

Albums that shaped my life (albums that influenced major bands) 

Underground (new and upcoming bands) 

Metal Health (A history of famous metal bands) 

Gigs of the month (gig listings of all the best gigs in that month) 

The Satan Supplement (A small insert dedicated to Black Metal)

 Reader feedback (feedback from the last issue)

Devil's Tritone (guitar masters teach us the basics month by month)

• Death reunion exclusive- new album and upcoming tour of Europe. Shannon Hamm gives the interview.
• 1349- Their newest album interview.
• Burzum- Varg fresh from prison talks about his newest black metal venture.
• Messugah- on tension within the band
• Mastodon and Opeth- to collaberate?
• Arve 'Ice Dale' Isdal- on his suprising muscial infulences
• I, The Silhouette- The brand new band talk about breaking genres
• George 'Corpse Grinder' Fisher- Creating a new super group, exclusive
• Morbid Angel - 'Greatest death metal album of all time?'
• Alan 'Nemethanga' Averill- Reforming Void of Silence
• Chole- She's coming to get you!
• Jonas Berquist (Nattdal or B)- Tribute to a musical genius
• Lamb of God- New album!
• Behemoth- Nergal's amazing recovery from leukaemia
• Aura Noir- to collaborate with Nattefrost
• Secrets of the Moon- reveal the new album and come back.

Headlines:

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Standfirst:

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Captions:

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Features first paragraph: drop capital in Arial

Body text:

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Colour Scheme: Black, Red, White and Grey.