THE GREAT KAT UNLEASHES THE WORLD'S FASTEST SHRED GUITAR CD "BEETHOVEN SHREDS"! OUT NOW! New CD is a Speed Thrill Unchallenged in the Music Industry!


iTUNES GREAT KAT MUSIC VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE! Music Videos Now Available for Download!


"The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/the-flight-of-the-bumble-bee/id368743107
Beethoven's "5th Symphony" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/beethovens-5th-symphony/id368743633 Paganini's "Caprice #24" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/paganinis-caprice-24/id368743262 Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/bachs-brandenburg-concerto-3/id368743861
Bach's "The Art Of The Fugue" at https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/bachs-the-art-of-the-fugue/id704467069
"Torture Techniques" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/torture-techniques/id374001404 "IslamoFascists" at http://itunes.apple.com/us/video/islamofascists/id368743906

NEW! CLASSICAL MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S "INTERVIEW: THE GREAT KAT, VIOLIN-GUITAR VIRTUOSO AND SELF-STYLED BEETHOVEN REINCARNATE"! "A few things to know about the Great Kat: she's declared herself God, as well as the reincarnation of Beethoven. She speaks about herself in the third person. She favors leather, fishnets, and other dominatrix-inspired garb, and her signature talent is the ability to 'shred' the electric guitar. She's a Juilliard-trained violinist, but she's declared classical music 'dead.'" - Sheila Regan, MPR
RHAPSODY SHRED RADIO FEATURES THE GREAT KAT! "Rhapsody's Shred Radio. The station is centered around the fleet fingers and virtuoso fretwork of wizards like The Great Kat." - By Chuck Eddy, Rhapsody Shred Radio. Listen to Rhapsody Shred Radio: The Great Kat’s Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3” at http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/radio-shred
THE AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY Features THE GREAT KAT'S "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD & "BEETHOVEN ON SPEED" CD in "AMERICA'S BEETHOVEN" EXHIBIT!
"No one has exploited Beethoven to the extent that Katherine Thomas, known as The Great Kat, has. She does not just play Beethoven: she considers herself Beethoven reincarnated. In a male-dominated field, heavy metal, she is virtuosic, transgressive, and aggressive. The Great Kat, Beethoven on Speed CD. The Great Kat, Beethoven Shreds CD"! -Michael Broyles, THE AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY
"The Great Kat. Beethoven Shreds CD. Regarded as one of the greatest extreme shred albums of all time. The Great Kat is listed as one of the fastest shredders of all time and this is expressed on the 300BPM version of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs Flight Of The Bumble Bee. Not only is this track stupidly difficult to play on the violin due to its use of chromatic sixteenth notes, to attempt this on guitar, at speed and execute it well, takes incredible talent and fingering precision. Kat does so, and this is probably due to her multi instrument virtuosity and her knowledge of classical music in general. Kats virtuosity knows no bounds and this is in part to her graduating from Juilliard. There are many guitarists and musicians who could learn a lot from this woman and her shredding technique." - John Deaux, All About The Rock
"The Great Kat. Beethoven Shreds. From the beginning of the Great Kat’s latest guitar drenched release, it is clear who defines the classical speed metal genre. Her shredding is exceptional. Her tone is unmatched. Her speed and clarity of notes is impeccable. Her album, BEETHOVEN SHREDS is an ear orgasm. Beethoven himself would be proud of her accomplishments in sound and fury. Her playing outshines and outlasts anything her peers can do. She is at the top, and all the rest will kneel. Classical speed ecstasy." - Bryan Martin, Cry Of The Wolf Blog

"The Great Kat an explosion of attitude, theatrics, dominatrix gear and mind-boggling guitar licks. Kat took classical pieces and turned them into dirty, metal instrumental anthems, playing them at a breakneck speed. The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee’ is a flurry of notes that is positively dizzying. 'Beethoven Shreds' aesthetic of speed, speed, and more speed." - Eamon O'Neill, Eonmusic

"The Great Kat. 'The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' sounds like a furious, frenetic, otherworldly opus, Beethoven's '5th Symphony', a brain-melting, eyeball-popping, tooth-loosening senses killer. Paganini's 'Caprice #24' whizz past in a collision of astounding ability and absurd ideology, the results ridiculously entertaining."- Uber Rock

"After graduating from the renowned Julliard School of Music as a scholarship student violinist, The Great Kat would establish herself as one of the fastest guitarists in metal. With "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" you get speed metal insanity. "The Flight Of The Bumblebee" is played with finger-blistering, blazing speed and intensity. Beethoven's famed "5th Symphony" is all out shred dominance from The Great Kat. Paganini's "Caprice #24" a barn storming rendition of the 19th century violinist's composition." - Robert Williams, Metal Rules

"The Great Kat (Beethoven Shreds) includes a short arrangement of the tune [Beethoven Symphony No 5] at a breakneck tempo, infused with shred heroics and speed-metal accompaniment. The Great Kat's shred histrionics take Beethoven's Fifth to a whole new level...Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. The Great Kat provides 100 seconds of utterly mad shred guitar with multiple lead parts weaving in and out of each other, all played at lightning pace." - Total Guitar Magazine

"No one has exploited Beethoven to the extent that Katherine Thomas, known as The Great Kat, has. She does not just play Beethoven: she considers herself Beethoven reincarnated. In a male-dominated field, heavy metal, she is virtuosic, transgressive, and aggressive." - Michael Broyles, Co-Curator "America's Beethoven Exhibit" at The Ira F. Brilliant Center For Beethoven Studies

"The Great Kat, who is the world's fastest guitarist and plays the ultimate shred guitar, is a musical genius! 'Beethoven Shreds', doing Beethoven's 5th Symphony at lightning speed. All of the songs on this CD are played at a speed that only the most accomplished musicians could even hope to keep up with. I highly recommend this CD." - Charles A. Smith, The Entertainment Bank

"Whew! That was The Great Kat! Her version of 'Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' taken from 'Beethoven Shreds.' The Great Kat! She's a legend. Never disappoints." - Gaz E, The Uber Rock Radio Show: Episode 47 LISTEN HERE!
-"Universally acknowledged as one of the fastest guitar players on the planet, English-born virtuoso The Great Kat is still laying waste to both speakers and strings over a quarter of a century after gatecrashing the men-only '80s guitar hero party. The Great Kat. 'The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' sounds like a furious, frenetic, otherworldly opus, Beethoven's '5th Symphony', a brain-melting, eyeball-popping, tooth-loosening senses killer. Paganini's 'Caprice #24' whizz past in a collision of astounding ability and absurd ideology, the results ridiculously entertaining."- Uber Rock

-"The Great Kat. This woman is the world's fastest female guitarist. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School, so you know she has cred. She's a violin virtuoso and the world’s fastest guitar shredder. Her new ‘Beethoven Shreds’ CD showcases Classical music shredded on the guitar and violin, we’re talking Beethoven, Bach, Paganini. ‘Flight of the Bumble-Bee’. That’s cool!" - ABC-TV's Take Five & Company TV Show

-"Great Kat carries Classical music in her veins and applies them in all artistic aspects. Technical, demonic voices are saturated with the great Classical composers, especially Beethoven, who The Great Kat says she is the musical reincarnation. 'Beethoven Shreds', The Great Kat performs the '5th Symphony' and 'Brandenburg Concerto' at maximum speed on guitar and violin, with crushing technique and power." - Francisco Marin Sanchez, La Pua Boletin Informativo

-"'Beethoven Shreds' from The Great Kat. Beethoven's 'Fifth Symphony'. To deconstruct it to solo shredding must have been difficult and she does it beautifully. The songs pack a lot of punch at 300 BPM. The album will have you researching the original works and comparing them to her versions, thus educating the next generation of music connoisseurs." Marjorie LaPrade, Examiner.com

-"No one has exploited Beethoven to the extent that Katherine Thomas, known as The Great Kat, has. She does not just play Beethoven: she considers herself Beethoven reincarnated. In a male-dominated field, heavy metal, she is virtuosic, transgressive, and aggressive. The Great Kat, Beethoven Shreds CD." - Michael Broyles, Co-Curator "America's Beethoven Exhibit" at The Ira F. Brilliant Center For Beethoven Studies

-"The Great Kat. 'Beethoven Shreds' which includes speed demon versions of five renowned classical compositions, lacing these masterpieces with the fuel and fury of metal. Combining classical content with thrash ferocity one of Kat’s signature pieces is Flight of Bumble Bee performed at over 300bpm. This storm of speed on both guitar and violin strings plays bafflingly fast, Kat effectively crashes together two opposing musical forces with all the gusto that shines through in her intimidating performances." - Necromag

-"Beethoven Shreds. The Great Kat is a speed metal guitarist who has now applied her unique talent to Beethoven. The huge shreds displayed on this album will not disappoint fans of the genre. Not only is Kat a great guitarist, she's a classical violinist to boot. Tracks like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or Bach's Brandenburg Concerto show this off to great effect with riffs that will blow you away. With the amount of talent on show this music can only be appreciated on a concert stage where it can be enjoyed at its fullest." - Adrian Roberts, Morning Star (U.K.)

-"Beethoven Shreds" CD Named "25 FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2011" & "MOST PLAYED ALBUMS OF 2011" - Black Night Meditations, WSCA 106.1 FM Radio

PARENTAL ADVISORY-- EXPLICIT CONTENT

THE GREAT KAT SHRED GUITAR VIRTUOSO:
THE GREAT KAT: "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY" - MusicRadar.com
THE GREAT KAT: Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY" - Spin Magazine
THE GREAT KAT: "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One Magazine
THE GREAT KAT: "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine
THE GREAT KAT: "THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" - Classic Rock Magazine
THE GREAT KAT: "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
THE GREAT KAT: #1 In "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD" - Guitarra Atalho
THE GREAT KAT: "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013"! - WhatCulture!
THE GREAT KAT: "TOP 10 "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD" - Graphs.net
THE GREAT KAT: "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"- NME
THE GREAT KAT: "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier
THE GREAT KAT: "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine
"TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)
"20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"
THE GREAT KAT: "THE SPEEDIEST, SCARIEST FEMALE SHREDDER OF ALL TIME" - Spin Magazine

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