Research and Planning: Double page spread start up

I have started my double page spread design and the screenshot above is of my first attempt. 

Seeing the screenshot from the blog perspective, I can see strengths and weaknesses within my design. The most vivid weakness is the background colour of the double page spread. The light grey colour is very powerful which was not the plan. I want to add a even lighter grey, similar to the cover page which creates easy comparison as well as a lesser strong background to allow other features to shine through.

The font style and colour is a little weak as I believe the writing needs to be stronger, maybe adding a black font colour will allow the text to stand out more. The weakness of the text may also be due to the over-powering background colour.

I am thinking of shortening the length of the story to allow more space in the top right corner of the double page spread so I can add more text for the page heading. I can't just add a heading and jump straight into the story therefore shortening the story to move the text down, this will create space for a sentence or two to explain the happenings of the page.

I am also going to change the quote below the "Dark Destroyer" text as in my story, I have portrayed the Dark Destroyer as a little arrogant and a jackass therefore acting surprised that he is "better than Slipknot" is contradicting the story.

In contrast, I like how I have designed the top left corner of the page. By adding a story title, I am able to add the ANARCHY colour and font style found throughout the pages to create similarity as well as filling up some space as I am planning to add a A4 model image on left page and a large image may be too simple.