Final Front Cover Evaluation 1

After editing and changing small aspects of my magazine front cover, I am now satisfied with how it has turned out. I feel that the finished product now looks professional and tidy, and looks like a real rock music front cover. Here is the front cover;

My front cover doesn't really challenge the conventions of a rock music magazine, except from the fact that the page is not as busy as some covers such as Kerrang and Big Cheese (famous metal/rock music magazines). They generically have very busy pages with lots of striking subheading which stand out.
The things that are conventional are; The bar code, the sub-headings, tilted text, the banner at the top of the page about the title, the shape in the left hand corner of the page, the layout of the text, the main feature title at the bottom and bigger than the rest of the fonts.
Another point that is unconventional and not generic is the fact that the person in the main image is wearing sunglasses, he is not making direct eye contact with the audience at all. This is unusual as most of the time the person on the front makes eye contact with the possible buyer, building a relationship with them and enticing them to buy the magazine.