Magazine Typography

I took screenshots of music magazine mastheads, to gain a wider understanding of the type of fonts and colors used on a music magazine masthead.
The majority of the mastheads are written in sans serif as it makes the title look bold and stand out, the exception of 'Billboard' magazine, this could be because the masthead doesn't need to be bold and large as the lettering features the primary colors that are bold and stand out.
the older magazines have used serif, this gives the masthead more personality and has most likely been done to give the vintage effect, for example, 'rolling stones' was established in 1962 and it is presented in a style that was popular during that time, it matches the theme of old school rock and the look of the 1960s.
The masthead for 'Hammer metal' also matches the magazines theme, the letters are sharply pointed, this gives it a dark, scary and dangerous look which is related to metal frequently. The masthead for 'Hammer metal' and 'Kerrang!' represent their music genres very well, unlike 'spin', the typography and color scheme for the masthead makes it almost impossible to know what what genre the magazine is.