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"Framed Insanity" is the third demo release by Canadian, Toronto based thrash metal act Beyond. The demo was independently released on cassette tape on 1988. It´s the successor to the "Inner World" demo from 1987.
While the material on the four track, 19:22 minutes long demo continues the raw, aggressive, and technically well played thrash metal style of "Inner World", everything on "Framed Insanity" have become more intense, more technical, and more professional. This can even be labelled tech thrash metal as Beyond enters that territory here. The vocals are still one of the weak links of Beyond´s music, but the raw trash metal shouting is decent enough and gets the job done.
The sound production is unfortunately a bit on the thin side, and especially the guitars could have prospered from a more meaty sound, but it´s still a listenable demo, where you can just about make out everyting that´s going on. Upon conclusion "Framed Insanity" is a step forward for Beyond compared to the quality of "Inner World" and it´s especially in the songwriting department that the band have improved greatly. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.