Dethklok
CD advert
This
magazine advert was published in several black metal magazines to advertise the
release of the first Metalocalypse Dethklok CD. The name of the band and album
is clearly visible at the top and some of the songs are listed at the bottom.
This advert is instantly recognisable as an advertisement for Dethklok as it
makes use of the bands logo and mascot Facebones a giant skull with several
large horns.
As magazine
adverts go this one is lax in design as it contains very little information
such as critics reviews or a release date or even information about where to
obtain the album. This could of course be intentional as it causes the audience
of the advert to think about and remember it due to both it’s simplicity and
lack of detail and it’s shock value. This type of advert would need to be
carefully aimed at the target audience of metal fans presumably a lot of
thought was put into what magazines it went into and where it was published.
kings of Leon album advert
This advert for the kings of Leon
album only by the night is very well informed as well as containing a memorable
image of the band that will stick with anyone who sees it in a publication. The
information included is useful and relevant such as the news that it has been
released(out now) where it can be bought(play.com) and what songs are
included(Sex on fire, crawl and use somebody). The four band members faces
split up and reconnected as a single face along with that of an eagle is a very
memorable image which doubtless also tells fans something about the style as
well as being very eye capturing.
