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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!

The Great KAT "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD Photos!

THE LEGENDARY “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD ALBUM BY GREAT KAT is OUT TODAY WORLDWIDE in STORES & on DIGITAL!! Highly-acclaimed Shred Masterpiece Album features the iconic Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” and “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee”!
Classical MPR declares: "The Great Kat is perhaps the most ostentatious virtuoso in recent music history”

“BEETHOVEN SHREDS” 7-SONG ALBUM TRACKS:
1-The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
2-Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
3-Torture Techniques
4-Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3
5-IslamoFascists
6-Bach’s The Art Of The Fugue
7-Paganini’s Caprice #24


“BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD & DIGITAL AVAILABLE on
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Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HN8R65G/
SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/album/0YM26JCIsUR4xqjaZPVnCD 
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iHEARTRADIO https://www.iheart.com/artist/the-great-kat-30027982/albums/beethoven-shreds-146872786/


Total Guitar Magazine says: "The Great Kat ‘Beethoven Shreds’ includes 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."

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SYNOPSIS
The Great Kat - Beethoven Shreds. The Great Kat, the world’s fastest guitar shredder, unleashes the ultimate Shred Guitar Album - "Beethoven Shreds". Displaying the world’s fastest Shred Guitar music, Beethoven Shreds features The Great Kat’s electrifying “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM and Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” on guitar/violin with the world’s most famous 4 notes composed by history’s first metalhead – Ludwig van Beethoven!
The Great Kat Guitar Goddess is the female Classical violin virtuoso from Juilliard turned metal guitar shredder, named “Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time” by Guitar One Magazine. Beethoven Shreds also features Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3” played on 6 guitars & 3 violins and Paganini’s “Caprice #24”– a notoriously impossible-to-play violin piece, shredded on both guitar and violin by The Great Kat, The High Priestess Of Guitar Shred.
The American Beethoven Society features The Great Kat’s “Beethoven Shreds” album 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 American Beethoven Society

 
THE GREAT KAT: "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One MagazineGUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"! "The Great Kat. SIGNATURE SONG: 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee'. Juilliard-trained virtuoso. Heavy leather dominatrix persona so over the top." - Guitar World MagazineGUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"!! "THE GREAT KAT SIGNATURE SONG 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee'" "Juilliard-trained virtuoso. Heavy leather dominatrix persona so over the top."- Guitar World Magazine, July 2008 IssueTHE GREAT KAT: Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"  - Spin MagazineTHE GREAT KAT: Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"  - Spin MagazineTHE GREAT KAT: "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle MagazineELLE MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS"! "The Great Kat. Of all the shredders on our list, Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is the most mind-bogglingly fast. Watch her fingers do the talking in the Beethoven Mush video here. (Or just imagine the composer’s electrical symphony on amphetamines.)" - Julie Vadnal, Elle.com
 
"The Great Kat is perhaps the most ostentatious virtuoso in recent music history—and yes, that's saying a lot. The self-proclaimed reincarnation of Beethoven, she's fleet-fingered on both violin and guitar, and sports a glam-rock look." - Jay Gabler, Classical MPRCLASSICAL MPR FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "HAPPY EASTER FROM THE GREAT KAT"! "The Great Kat is perhaps the most ostentatious virtuoso in recent music history—and yes, that's saying a lot. The self-proclaimed reincarnation of Beethoven, she's fleet-fingered on both violin and guitar, and sports a glam-rock look." - Jay Gabler, Classical MPR
 
"Ludwig van Beethoven, the 19th century heavy metal man. Speed and thrash metal guitarist, The Great Kat, who is recognized for interpreting classical music pieces in [metal], has among his albums one entitled Beethoven on Speed and Beethoven Shreds." -Abraha, Diaz, La Jornada https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/12/19/espectaculos/a07n1esp "Ludwig van Beethoven, the 19th century heavy metal man. Speed and thrash metal guitarist, The Great Kat, who is recognized for interpreting classical music pieces in [metal], has among his albums one entitled Beethoven on Speed and Beethoven Shreds." -Abraham Diaz, La Jornada https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/12/19/espectaculos/a07n1esp
 
"THE GREAT KAT - BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD REVIEW in ACESSO MUSIC"The Great Kat – Beethoven Shreds. Guitarist The Great Kat is one in a million. She herself professes to be the reincarnation of Beethoven, and from an early age studied guitar to exhaustion, in order to unite the classic with heavy music. The CD Beethoven Shreds is musical insanity and speed." -by Clovis Roman, Acesso Music https://acessomusic.com.br/2020/11/21/the-great-kat-beethoven-shreds/

 
 
New! WORLD PREMIERE on iTUNES for THE GREAT KAT'S BACH'S "THE ART OF THE FUGUE (EXTENDED VERSION)" SINGLE!
The Great Kat, Neo-Classical Guitar Goddess & Juilliard Grad Classical Violin Virtuoso Shreds HEAVY-METAL Guitar with Baroque Harpsichords on Bach's contrapuntal masterpiece The Art Of The Fugue. J.S. Bach composed The Art Of The Fugue in his last years while slowly going blind! Bach: Music For The Universe!
NEW! WATCH BEETHOVEN REINCARNATED, CHEF GREAT KAT COOKS BEETHOVEN'S MAC & CHEESE PROMO https://youtu.be/bQdIVmePKg0
 
NEW! WATCH SHRED ICON THE GREAT KAT GUITAR/VIOLIN GODDESS' BACH'S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3 PROMO! https://youtu.be/xpX_dFEqLi0
 
"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE" (EXTENDED VERSION)- THE GREAT KAT'S INSANELY FAST SIGNATURE SONG - SINGLE (EXTENDED VERSION) AVAILABLE!
"TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" The Great Kat SHREDS BOTH GUITAR AND VIOLIN - The ONLY GUITAR/VIOLIN DOUBLE VIRTUOSO since PAGANINI!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-flight-of-the-bumble-bee-extended-version-single/1398382449 
 
THE GREAT KAT'S "TORTURE TECHNIQUES" SINGLE PREMIERES on iTUNES & APPLE MUSIC!!
AHH!!!! The Great Kat Guitar Dominatrix SCREAMS, SHREDS, INSULTS, WHIPS and gives you her LIST of Fun Torture Techniques she uses for her little victims!! ENJOY!
LISTEN NOW on
iTUNES and APPLE MUSIC: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/torture-techniques-single/1421433834
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G556N5N
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/7LZooK0JBzvMrBuQsP45oe
GOOGLE PLAY: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Great_Kat_Torture_Techniques?id=Bljf2sqelfvdezu2wwocdtmmuom&hl=en
YANDEX: https://music.yandex.ru/album/5624250
TIDAL https://listen.tidal.com/album/92986800
KKBOX https://www.kkbox.com/my/en/album/Tntcf4adtrodJ0F2H6uN009H-index.html
DEEZER: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/69836452
THE GREAT KAT SINGLE!
 

NEW! BACH’S “BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3”
– THE GREAT KAT SHREDS 6 GUITARS & 3 VIOLINS - SINGLE PREMIERES ON iTUNES, APPLE MUSIC, AMAZON, SPOTIFY & MORE! Listen at
iTUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bachs-brandenburg-concerto-3-single/1365936385
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BSRQM7J
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ouvmOn53hhYQMNNTlMTis

Bach and The Great Kat join forces to shred "Brandenburg Concerto #3". The world's fastest guitar/violin shredder, The Great Kat brings the contrapuntal madness on 6 guitars and 3 violins on Bach's Baroque masterpiece, all with the Juilliard grad violin/guitar virtuoso's technical perfection on both guitar & violin. AMAZING!
BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3" SINGLE
 
"BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD!
DOWNLOAD "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD ON iTUNES, AMAZON (worldwide) & CDUNIVERSE!
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THE GREAT KAT UNLEASHES THE WORLD'S FASTEST SHRED GUITAR CD "BEETHOVEN SHREDS"! OUT NOW!
 
BEETHOVEN composed the "5th SYMPHONY" in 1804 and NOW The Great Kat SHREDS the "5th SYMPHONY"!!PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY"!
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
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The Great Kat, The World's Fastest Guitarist, unleashes the ULTIMATE Shred Guitar CD, "BEETHOVEN SHREDS", featuring: -"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE"  Shredding at 300 BPM! -BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY"  with the world's most famous 4 notes! -BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3"  with 6 shredding guitars! -PAGANINI'S "CAPRICE #24"  starring Great Kat's demonic guitar virtuosity! & MORE!!
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!
THE GREAT KAT'S BEETHOVEN'S 5TH SYMPHONY SINGLE!
Available on iTUNES, PANDORA, SPOTIFY, AMAZON, TIDAL, NAPSTER & MORE!
iTUNES/Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethovens-5th-symphony-single/1364148441 
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQVBP51 
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ceI4TQ7MNOGiOvy5xwPOY 
GOOGLE PLAY https://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Great_Kat_Beethoven_s_5th_Symphony?id=B5pbi6mrmst6qybiof6j6hbz55q&hl=en 
TIDAL https://listen.tidal.com/album/86437802
The Great Kat IS the REINCARNATION of BEETHOVEN! The Great Kat Guitar/Violin Goddess is RESURRECTING Beethoven with VICIOUS METAL, PURE CLASSICAL and TOTAL VIRTUOSITY! BEETHOVEN RULES!!
BEETHOVEN'S 5THSYMPHONY SINGLE!
 

 

THE GREAT KAT'S PAGANINI'S CAPRICE #24 SINGLE!
Paganini and The Great Kat are history's only guitar/violin double virtuosos, performing both guitar and violin with inhuman feats of virtuosity. Listen to The Great Kat shred Paganini's Caprice #24 and hear stunning high-speed guitar/violin virtuosity.  

LISTEN AT:
iTUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/paganinis-caprice-24-single/1437275435
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HNKM639
DEEZER: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/74038452

THE GREAT KAT'S PAGANINI'S CAPRICE #24 SINGLE! Paganini and The Great Kat are history's only guitar/violin double virtuosos, performing both guitar and violin with inhuman feats of virtuosity. Listen to The Great Kat shred Paganini's Caprice #24 and hear stunning high-speed guitar/violin virtuosity.

NEW! BEETHOVEN'S 5th by AUTUMN SHREDDER THE GREAT KAT! Happy Shredding First Day of Fall!
https://youtu.be/Eg7y3QT8xgc 
The Great Kat "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" SHREDS Beethoven's 5th Symphony on Guitar in Autumn Shredder Video Filmed Sept 22, 2018 on Long Island, NY!
 

 
"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE" - THE GREAT KAT'S INSANELY FAST SIGNATURE SONG - SINGLE AVAILABLE on iTUNES, AMAZON & MORE: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-flight-of-the-bumble-bee-single/1354739564https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B2YXYYQ
The Great Kat IS "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" (Guitar One Magazine)
LISTEN WORLDWIDE at:
"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE" - THE GREAT KAT'S INSANELY FAST SIGNATURE SONG - SINGLE AVAILABLE on AMAZON, iTUNES & MORE:

 

APPLE MUSIC is NOW STREAMING The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD!
BEETHOVEN, PAGANINI, VIVALDI, BACH & More ShredClassical Music & Videos on Apple Music!
APPLE MUSIC is NOW STREAMING The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD!
APPLE MUSIC is NOW STREAMING The Great Kat's "THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE"! Listen: https://itun.es/us/2cgbB?i=453271738 & Watch: https://itun.es/us/dlP-v  BEETHOVEN, PAGANINI, VIVALDI, BACH & More ShredClassical Music & Videos on Apple Music!
Listen to Great Kat on Apple Music! https://itun.es/us/woJ7w
 
 
GREAT KAT RINGTONES Now Available on your iPHONE!THE GREAT KAT'S "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" RINGTONES NOW AVAILABLE on your iPHONE! iTUNES PREMIERES THE GREAT KAT’S SHREDCLASSICAL RINGTONES – BRING BEETHOVEN, BACH, PAGANINI TO YOUR IPHONE!!
Music from "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD!!
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's "THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE"! Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's Beethoven's "5th Symphony" Beethoven's "5th Symphony" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY"! Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's "Torture Techniques" "Torture Techniques" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's "TORTURE TECHNIQUES"! Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3" Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3" Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's "IslamoFascists" "IslamoFascists" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's "ISLAMOFASCISTS"! Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's Bach's "The Art Of The Fugue" Bach's "The Art Of The Fugue" MP3PLAY MP3 of The Great Kat's BACH'S "THE ART OF THE FUGUE" Wav iTUNES
MP3 Clip of The Great Kat's Paganini's "Caprice #24" Paganini's "Caprice #24" MP3PLAY MP3 of PAGANINI's "CAPRICE #24"! Wav iTUNES
 
THE GREAT KAT NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES! "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" Music Videos Now Available for Download on iTunes!iTUNES GREAT KAT MUSIC VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE!  Music Videos Now Available for Download!

 

THE GREAT KAT UNLEASHES THE WORLD’S FASTEST SHRED GUITAR CD – "BEETHOVEN SHREDS"
 
New CD is a Speed Thrill Unchallenged in the Music Industry
 
Experience the Excitement of BEETHOVEN, PAGANINI, BACH & RIMSKY-KORSAKOV'S GENIUS Classical Music Shredded by the World’s Fastest Guitar Shredder – THE GREAT KAT!

The Great Kat http://www.greatkat.com, the world’s fastest guitarist, unleashes worldwide the ultimate Shred Guitar CD -- “Beethoven Shreds.”  Displaying the world’s fastest Shred Guitar music, the new CD “Beethoven Shreds” features The Great Kat’s electrifying “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM and Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” on guitar/violin with the world’s most famous 4 notes composed by history’s first metalhead – Ludwig van Beethoven! 

The Great Kat Guitar Goddess is the female Classical violin virtuoso rebel from Juilliard turned metal guitar fiend, named “Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time” by Guitar One Magazine, who has toured with her all-male shred band and featured on TV shows and magazines around the world. Featuring songs from the highly-acclaimed “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD, “Beethoven Shreds” CD blends Metal Music in The Great Kat’s original songs: “Torture Techniques” and “IslamoFascists” with Classical Music: Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto #3” played on 6 guitars and the super-fast Paganini’s music from the devil “Caprice #24”– a notoriously impossible-to-play violin piece, shredded on both guitar and violin by The Great Kat, The High Priestess Of Guitar Shred.  

“Beethoven Shreds” CD is now available on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethoven-shreds/id453271734 and through Amazon.com (Amazon U.S., Germany, Japan, Canada, U.K., France), Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, CDUniverse, Tower.com, HMV, major retailers worldwide and online stores, and http://www.greatkat.com. Distributed internationally by Music Video Distributors (MVD), “Beethoven Shreds” CD is priced at $7.95 SRP.

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, MPRCLASSICAL 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
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 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"

 

Press Reviews:

"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!"THE UBER ROCK RADIO SHOW: EPISODE 47" Features THE GREAT KAT'S "THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE"! "Uberpalooza was incredible. How can you top the first one? There's only one way to do it. Have The Great Kat headline." (listener letter). "Whew! That was The Great Kat! Her version of 'Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' taken from 'Beethoven Shreds.' The Great Kat will be featured on Uber Rocks Midnight Mixtape Massacre [on Sept. 28]. The Great Kat! She's a legend. Never disappoints." - Gaz E, The Uber Rock Radio Show 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

-"The Great Kat shows off unique talents on Beethoven Shreds. YouTube sensation The Great Kat has become known for her heavy metal take on classical music and her shredding skills on the guitar have captivated audiences across the world. She has now recorded her unique talents on disc for Beethoven Shreds, showing listeners exactly why she is the world's fastest guitar shredder." - WENN - The Celebrity World Entertainment News Network

-"Kat forces these melodies through a black hole and back out again through in a white-hot stream of incredibly fine sound particles that ascend and descend so quickly and accurately that one could debate whether the interpretations are a performance or a weapon. For those who have thus far enjoyed the carnival ride of Beethoven Shreds should have no problem putting Kat's statue alongside the greats." - Houston Press

-"Kat is truly one of the fastest and most over-the-top guitarists in the history of metal, and that can't be disputed." - Good Times Magazine

-"This is definitely my favorite classical speed metal record of the year." - IGN

"She does not skimp on technique and shouts to challenge the speed on the guitar, she is The Great Kat, who reinvents the great scores. She executes pieces like 'The Fifth Symphony' or Bach's 'Brandenburg Concerto' at the maximum speed on guitar and violin, with a crushing and powerful technique." - Milenio, Mexico

"The Great Kat performs furious, magnificent shreds of Beethoven's classics on both the violin and the electric guitar (often with orchestra & band) in this exciting masterpiece, encouraging all generations of music lovers to experience Beethoven in a whole new way. Highly recommended!" - The Midwest Book Review

"'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, Boston Art Examiner

"The Great Kat. All of us here know that we will stick to this magnificent guitarist, that is, we will be listening (and seeing) classical compositions by the renowned artist played at supersonic speeds, both on guitar and violin. Kat is a virtuoso by nature, and applies it to her particular form of speed-metal, with continuous references to sado, a scary image and a dominance of the stage that would scare off several black metal bands." - Javier Salaverry, Rocka Rolla Web Zine READ at http://rockarollazine.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-great-kat-beethovens-guitar-shred.html 

The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS (MVD)! "Displaying the world's fastest shred guitar music, this CD features The Great Kat's electrifying tracks on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM." The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS (MVD)! "Displaying the world's fastest shred guitar music, this CD features The Great Kat's electrifying tracks on guitar and violin with dazzling insane speeds of 300 BPM." - MVD

The Great Kat, The World's Fastest Guitarist, unleashes the ULTIMATE Shred Guitar CD, "BEETHOVEN SHREDS", featuring: -"THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE"  Shredding at 300 BPM! -BEETHOVEN'S "5TH SYMPHONY"  with the world's most famous 4 notes! -BACH'S "BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3"  with 6 shredding guitars! -PAGANINI'S "CAPRICE #24"  starring Great Kat's demonic guitar virtuosity! & MORE!!"BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD PHOTOS!

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MUSICRADAR.COM NAMES THE GREAT KAT "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY"!  "The Great Kat. Fastest track: Metal Messiah. The Great Kat deserves credit, not just for her incredible speed, but for sticking to her passion - whether it's in or out of fashion. An uncompromising shred demon hell-bent on bringing classical music crashing into the 20th (and now the 21st) century, preferably at about 500bpm." - Matthew Parker, MusicRadar.comMUSICRADAR.COM NAMES THE GREAT KAT "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY"!  "The Great Kat. Fastest track: Metal Messiah. The Great Kat deserves credit, not just for her incredible speed, but for sticking to her passion - whether it's in or out of fashion. An uncompromising shred demon hell-bent on bringing classical music crashing into the 20th (and now the 21st) century, preferably at about 500bpm." - Matthew Parker, MusicRadar.comTHE 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 MagazineTHE GREAT KAT: Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY"  - Spin MagazineTHE 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: "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One Magazine
GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"!!THE GREAT KAT: "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine
THE GREAT KAT NAMED "THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" in CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE! NEO-CLASSICAL SHRED GUITAR GODDESS in March 2007 Issue! "The Great Kat - FELINE GROOVY. Utterly bonkers, self-proclaimed High Priestess Of Shred Guitar. Likes blood. And Beethoven. And she's from Swindon. Must hear: William Tell Overture." - Sian Llewellyn, Editor Classic Rock MagazineTHE 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' PollGUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE'S READERS' POLL NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"!THE GREAT KAT: "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
GUITARRA ATALHO NAMES THE GREAT KAT #1 IN "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD"! "1st Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat). The Great Kat is best known for her trash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music." - Leonardo Martins Moraes, Guitarra Atalho GUITARRA ATALHO NAMES THE GREAT KAT #1 IN "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD"! "1st Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat). The Great Kat is best known for her trash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music." - Leonardo Martins Moraes, Guitarra Atalho THE GREAT KAT: #1 In "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD" - Guitarra Atalho
WHATCULTURE! NAMES THE GREAT KAT "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013"! "The Great Kat. She’s just so awesome. The Great Kat has been called one of the fastest shredders of all time by Guitar One magazine, and watching her play it seems like a fair accolade. What truly makes The Great Kat great is her understanding of music across genres. Morphing of classical music into pretty skin-shearing metal ought to be celebrated hugely. Jacques Loussier’s transitioning of Chopin and Bach to jazz was hugely revered, and The Great Kat, deserves the same treatment." -Hannah Spencer, WhatCulture!WHATCULTURE! NAMES THE GREAT KAT "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013"! "The Great Kat. She’s just so awesome. The Great Kat has been called one of the fastest shredders of all time by Guitar One magazine, and watching her play it seems like a fair accolade. What truly makes The Great Kat great is her understanding of music across genres. Morphing of classical music into pretty skin-shearing metal ought to be celebrated hugely. Jacques Loussier’s transitioning of Chopin and Bach to jazz was hugely revered, and The Great Kat, deserves the same treatment." -Hannah Spencer, WhatCulture!THE GREAT KAT: "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013"! - WhatCulture!
GRAPHS.NET NAMES THE GREAT KAT TOP 10 "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD"! "There are many fast guitar players in the world but here is a list of the fastest of them all. The Great Kat is the sixth fastest guitar player in the world and her real name is Katherine Thomas. She plays Guitar and Violin." - Graphs.netGRAPHS.NET NAMES THE GREAT KAT TOP 10 "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD"! "There are many fast guitar players in the world but here is a list of the fastest of them all. The Great Kat is the sixth fastest guitar player in the world and her real name is Katherine Thomas. She plays Guitar and Violin." - Graphs.netTHE GREAT KAT: "TOP 10 "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD" - Graphs.net
NME NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"! "The Great Kat: When the Juilliard trained Kat straps on the six-strings, everything around is sucked up in a swirling vortex of hypersonic virtuosity." - NMENME NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"! "The Great Kat: When the Juilliard trained Kat straps on the six-strings, everything around is sucked up in a swirling vortex of hypersonic virtuosity." - NMETHE GREAT KAT: "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"- NME
KURIER NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS"! "The American heavy metal guitarist The Great Kat (born Katherine Thomas) expertly wraps her band's Classical sounds into speed metal and pulls it into a vortex of sonic virtuosity." - KurierKURIER NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS"! "The American heavy metal guitarist The Great Kat (born Katherine Thomas) expertly wraps her band's Classical sounds into speed metal and pulls it into a vortex of sonic virtuosity." - KurierTHE GREAT KAT: "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier
THE GREAT KAT: "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle MagazineELLE MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS"! "The Great Kat. Of all the shredders on our list, Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is the most mind-bogglingly fast. Watch her fingers do the talking in the Beethoven Mush video here. (Or just imagine the composer’s electrical symphony on amphetamines.)" - Julie Vadnal, Elle.comTHE GREAT KAT: "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine
CHINA'S BOPIAN.COM NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES"! "THE GREAT KAT -- SEXY WILDCAT SHREDDER""TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE'S "GUTS & GLITTER" NAMES THE GREAT KAT "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS"! "THE GREAT KAT'S FEROCIOUS PASSION is unleashed in the service of a divine mission: zapping her ultra-virtuosic, 22nd-century shred classical concept into the synapses of what she calls the 'moron masses.' To accomplish this, the Juilliard-trained violinist and guitar shredder transforms classical masterworks into speed-metal songs, rages like a demented dominatrix, spews blood, bears arms, exposes her goodies, and indulges in both mental and dramatic castrations." - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" EditionGUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE'S "GUTS & GLITTER" NAMES THE GREAT KAT "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS"! "THE GREAT KAT'S FEROCIOUS PASSION is unleashed in the service of a divine mission: zapping her ultra-virtuosic, 22nd-century shred classical concept into the synapses of what she calls the 'moron masses.' To accomplish this, the Juilliard-trained violinist and guitar shredder transforms classical masterworks into speed-metal songs, rages like a demented dominatrix, spews blood, bears arms, exposes her goodies, and indulges in both mental and dramatic castrations." - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" Edition"20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"
"THE SPEEDIEST, SCARIEST FEMALE SHREDDER OF ALL TIME"- Spin MagazineTHE GREAT KAT: "THE SPEEDIEST, SCARIEST FEMALE SHREDDER OF ALL TIME" - Spin Magazine
 




 

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