Magazine Title Evaluations

Zerstören: After much deliberation, this shall be the name of my magazine. Zerstören is the German translation of 'destroy', a word I had played around with when thinking of words that could be related to the Metal genres. I believe that this title is suitable for a metal magazine for several reasons, with one being that Zerstören is a song from German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. I personally believe that the word is aesthetically suitable for a masthead, it also holds connotations of power, aggression and complexity, sourced from both the definition of the word itself and the associations of the German language.


Poison: This was another name for the magazine that I came up with during the mind-mapping process. The word 'Poison' immediately produces ideas of harm, toxicity and other perceivably dark things that are associated with Metal genres. However, I decided that it wouldn't make a suitable masthead, choosing Zerstören instead.

Titanium: This was a third idea came up with for the name of my magazine. Titanium, to me, brings connotations of strength, power, durability and force. Being a metal used in the construction of tanks, I believe its earned such associations. For that same reason, it makes a suitable name for a Metal Music Magazine, not only for that, I also think that 'Titanium' would make a good mast head for aesthetic reasons. However, I decided not this as the name of the magazine, as I believe the word could be tied to the Hip-Hop genres, making Zerstören, amongst other reasons a more suitable Metal Magazine masthead/name.