Music magazine Front cover

My front cover for my music magazine. I have kept key conventions on this front cover by including things such as:
-Masthead
-Banner
-Sell lines
-Big main image and smaller images around it
-Bar code

I have given my magazine a modern day look, as it is celebrating modern day heavy metal. I've kept the colors to a minimum, however there are some colors on there, this is because I do not want to color overload. Overall I wanted to give a heavy metal style, but I want to bring a new look to it, a look which looks more colorful and fun, not dark and dull and evil, which does go against stereotypes but that is my aim as I want to get rid of the stereotype of heavy metal and create my own style, but keeping key elements which people relate to heavy metal.

I have used a range of colors but I have kept it to a small amount to make the cover look more professional.