Magazine front cover: Initial plan

The initial design for my magazine front cover should have similarities to that of magazines promoting the same genre of music as mine theoretically is, and therefore certain design aspects from these should be recreated and used in my magazine. For my front page to be realistic and similar in design to actual music magazines of my selected genre, i created a list of specific qualities used in all the magazines i researched, most of which can be seen in the Metal Hammer magazine research i have done previously.

The research on Metal Hammer can be seen here: Link

Here is the list of qualities i shall need for my magazine front cover:

Realistic or natural environments for the background of the front cover's picture.
Somewhat interesting or diverse clothing or poses made by the person/people in the picture.
Short and memorable tag-line accompanying the main picture to add emphasis.
A title which is manipulated to its surroundings (probably will not be incorporated into my magazine)
Emphasis on the picture more than the writing.

Other features, such as the presentation of the articles featured and other pictures shall be explained and elaborated upon later.