Poster Analysis; Slipknot

The poster promoting the self titled 1999 'Slipknot' album release features all the band together in the centre of the picture in their trademark orange jumpsuits. The band name banner is central in the picture as well, which clearly tells us the artist of the album. In conjunction with the album, the writing is in the same font and similar size in proportion with the rest of the poster and the digipak. The synergy from this lets their target audience know that both items are from the same artist and the poster is advertising the album. The picture used underneath the writing is identical to the cd front tile, which adds further synergy, however the information about the album and its release date do not feature on the CD. This is the only real way for the album to be properly advertised, as it is presented practically in its most simple form, enabling easy communication with their target audience and possibly a wider audience who may want to listen to the band.