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The Great Kat Biography

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"Kat may be one of the fastest guitarists of all time.” - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

“The wave of the future might well be heavy-metal Beethoven by way of Juilliard. Ms. Kat's ‘Beethoven on Speed’ album elevates furiousness to a would-be world view.” - John Rockwell, The New York Times

"We can add the Great Kat to the list of Swindon icons." - Richard Wintle, Calyx Picture Agency

"Katherine Thomas played at Thamesdown-Hambro festival and wowed an audience with classical violin pieces" - Swindon, England Photographer Richard Wintle’s new Book "A picture is only the start of the story . . ." Calyx Picture Agency

WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR/VIOLIN SHREDDER THE GREAT KAT!

The Great Kat Guitar/Violin DOUBLE Virtuoso!

THE GREAT KAT GUITAR/VIOLIN DOUBLE VIRTUOSO AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:

WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR/VIOLIN SHREDDER THE GREAT KAT!

The Great Kat & Niccolo Paganini - HISTORY'S ONLY Violin/Guitar Virtuosos performing BOTH Guitar AND Violin with INHUMAN Feats of VIRTUOSITY!
The Great Kat is the famous Juilliard graduate Classical Violin Virtuoso-turned Shred Guitar Virtuoso, WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDER who is RESURRECTING Beethoven with VICIOUS METAL, PURE CLASSICAL and TOTAL VIRTUOSITY and showcases her phenomenal guitar and violin pyrotechnics in "Beethoven Shreds" CD and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD!

The Great Kat is the Juilliard graduate Violin Virtuoso and multi-talented Goddess who has performed Solo Violin Classical Concerts at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Juilliard, for NYC Mayor Ed Koch at Gracie Mansion, for Mexico Governor Tapia, on NBC-TV's "FANTASY" Show and much more before BECOMING the REVOLUTIONARY METAL GUITARIST/VIOLINIST, the WORLD’S FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDER and REINCARNATION of BEETHOVEN! THE GREAT KAT IS GOD!!

The Great Kat was born Katherine Thomas in Swindon, England (on a U.S. Air Force Base Military Hospital) and moved to the U.S at the age of 3. After listening to Beethoven since birth, The Great Kat realized that her mission was to become a composer and musical revolutionary. Kat began Classical piano studies at 7. At the age of 9, she began Classical violin studies in New York.

At the age of 15, The Great Kat won a Full Scholarship to attend the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City as a Violin Student. The Great Kat became the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra and won the "Robert Hufstader Scholarship" in Composition and Theory at Juilliard. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed for NYC Mayor Ed Koch at Gracie Mansion as a Prodigy Violin Soloist. The Great Kat graduated with Honors from The Juilliard School and began performing, first as a Classical violin soloist at Carnegie Recital Hall as winner of the exclusive "Artists International Competition" and then soloing on violin extensively in Mexico, the U.S. and Europe. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) is also the winner of numerous competitions, including Gallery Concert Series Young Artists Award, the New York State Music Teachers Association Collegiate Artists Competition, the Great Neck Symphony's Young Musicians Competition and named "The New Woman To Watch" for two consecutive years by New Woman Magazine. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a violin soloist on the Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio and is the recipient of a German violin made in 1850 from The Friends of Mozart Society. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a violin soloist at Alice Tully Hall on The Juilliard School's "Wednesday One O'Clock Concert Series."

New York Governor Mario Cuomo awarded The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) the Certificate of Merit as "Recipient of the Palma Julia de Burgos Award in recognition of her outstanding musical achievements". This certificate has the Seal of the State of New York and Governor Cuomo's signature. Katherine Thomas is the winner of the cultural award "Palma Julia de Burgos Award" from The Association for Puerto Rican - Hispanic Culture, Inc.

The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a Prodigy Violin Soloist for Governor Oscar Flores Tapia in Coahuila, Mexico at the Centennial of General Vito Alessio Robles’ birth and at the famous Teatro Fernando Soler as a Prodigy Violin Soloist in Saltillo, Mexico. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) has toured as a guest violin soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Coahuila in Mexico and in recitals under the auspices of Fondo para Actividades Sociales y Culturales del Estado, Bellas Artes, Banca Serfin and other organizations in Mexico. The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a violin soloist at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (Mid-Long Island Chapter). The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed numerous times as a violin soloist on The Joe Franklin Show and appeared in the Warner Brothers Movie "Soup For One". The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) appeared on NBC-TV's "Fantasy" Show (Hosts Peter Marshall and Leslie Uggams) performing violin as the featured soloist. Steve Allen, the comedian and composer, especially composed a jazz piece, "Sonatina", for Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat). Katherine performed the World Premiere of the work as a Violin Soloist at the Thamesdown-Hambro festival in Swindon, England. Calyx Picture Agency, Swindon, England Features Katherine Thomas Violin Virtuoso in "The Great Kat is from Swindon" by Richard Wintle and in Wintle's book: "A picture is only the start of the story . . ." The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a violin soloist on The Ray Heatherton Radio Show, who bestowed the title "The Little Paganini" on Katherine. Hear the rare legendary Classical recording of KATHERINE THOMAS, VIOLIN SOLOIST performing BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO - in Live Concert at http://www.greatkat.com/08/classicalviolin/BEETHOVENVIOLINCONCERTOKATHERINETHOMAS.mp4.

Timothy Leary, famous Harvard psychology professor and mind-altering guru collaborated with Kat Thomas - The Great Kat violin virtuoso on the rock song "Right Brain Lover". Timothy Leary wrote the wild psychedelic lyrics and Kat composed the music. Timothy Leary and Kat recorded "Right Brain Lover" starring Kat's electric violin virtuosity and rock singing and Leary rapping the lyrics with his inimitable voice. "Timothy Leary Papers" at The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts Features Timothy Leary & Kat Thomas' (The Great Kat) "RIGHT BRAIN LOVER" Song. Stay tuned to hear this HISTORIC masterpiece.

After touring the world, The Great Kat realized that Classical music was dead, so she began updating Classical Music with Speed Metal and transcribed intricate violin solos to the guitar. Kat developed a new genre of music: “SHRED/CLASSICAL” Music -- Fast, Furious, and Virtuosic. “The wave of the future might well be heavy-metal Beethoven by way of Juilliard” declared John Rockwell in The New York Times Article on The Great Kat "Is This Kat Krazy Like A Fox".

Music Industry Veteran, Steev Riccardo discusses signing The Great Kat on "Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico" iTunes' Podcast Episode 3 "I signed to Roadrunner The Great Kat, which was probably even more controversial [than the band "Poison"]. The Great Kat's blistering thrash metal with violin solos from a Juilliard graduate. I am proud to have worked with [her]."

The Great Kat Shred Guitar Virtuoso is the only musician taking note-for-note authentic Classical Music scores (from Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Liszt, Paganini, Sarasate, Bazzini, Rossini and more) and entering the original Classical Music scores into music-notation software. The Great Kat then edits, arranges, and orchestrates the entire scores with Shred Guitar and Violin virtuosity and mixes it with Speed Metal band and Classical orchestra. The Great Kat’s music is known worldwide for its phenomenal speeds, complicated Classical motives, counterpoint layering, guitar riffs, maniacal screams, heavy rhythms and thrashing sounds. Known as the “High Priestess of Guitar Shred,” The Great Kat was recently the WINNER of "Who Plays The Fastest" by Guitar Player Magazine’s Reader Poll, the featured interview in Metal Hammer Magazine's "The 80s Issue", awarded "50 Sensational Female Guitarists" by Guitar Player Magazine, "10 Stupidly Fast Guitarists In Metal" by Loudwire Magazine, "GUITAR HEROINES" by Queens Of Steel, "These Female Guitarists Shred Like No Other. The best women in guitar of all time." by Upbeat News, "World's Fastest Guitarists" by R3M (Italy), "10 Incredibly Fast Metal Scene Guitarists" by Blitz/MSN Entertainment, "The 10 Fastest Guitarists In The World" by Nusantara Culture, "10 Women Who Changed The Direction Of Rock And Metal" by Polvora Magazine, "The 10 Fastest Guitarists in the World" - by All Unique, "Overseas Women Guitarist Ranking Top 10" by All Japanese Diary (Japan), "Guitar Goddess: Top Ten Female Guitarists" by Xuehua (China), "Top Ten Speed Guitarists" by Feloo.com (China), "The 10 Fastest Guitarists in the World" by Nusantara Culture, "The History Of Ten Speed Heroes" by Xwtoutiao (China), "Rockeras Mas Bellas" by 20minutos, "Shock Treatment: 10 Shock Rock Albums" by Iisalmen Sanomat (Finland), "12 Great Women Electric Guitarists" by Guitarhakase, "World's Fastest Guitarists Throughout History" by RegenciPedia, "Top 10 Most Famous Women Rockers" by Tengib.com, "Hot Women Rock Stars Who Are Actually Guitar Geniuses" by OMG News Today, "Fastest Guitarists" by Rocker.sk,""100 Greatest Guitar Players of the 80s and 90s" by Hubpages, "8 Iconic Women In Metal" by Stack Magazine, "Rock On, Queens of Noise: 10 MORE Killer Heavy Metal Frontwomen" by VH1, "10 Hottest Super Bowl Photoshoots" by In My Group Celebrity Site, "Top 10 Most Famous Women Rockers" by Its Entertainment, "Top Female Guitarists with Amazing Guitar Playing Skills" by KeytarHQ, "Top Ten Female Guitarists" by Wtoutiao China, "Top Ten Fastest Guitar Shredders" - The Top Tens, "Top 10 Most Famous Women Rockers" by Glitzyworld, #1 In "The 12 Best Guitarists Of The World" by Guitarra Atalho, "Top 10 Shred Guitar Heroes" and "Top 10 Greatest Speed Guitar Heroes" by Bopian.com (China), "12 Great Women Electric Guitarists"by Guitarhakase, "The 25 Best Rock Guitarists In The World" by Maximum Rock Magazine, "Best American Female Guitarists – Shredding Sirens" by Itcher Magazine, "10 Phenomenal Female Guitarists That Deserve Your Attention" by WhatCulture!, "Famous Juilliard School Alumni" and "Famous People From Swindon" by Ranker.com, Top 10 "Fastest Guitar Players In The World" by Graphs.net, "20 Of The Fastest Guitarists In The World Today" by MusicRadar.com, "50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" by Guitar World Magazine, "Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine, "The 13 Most Powerful 'O' Faces Of Rock" by BuzzFeed, "The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes" by Classic Rock Magazine, "Top 8 Female Electric Guitarists Of All Time" by NME, "The Best Rock Female Guitarists" by Kurier, "Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" by Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll, "12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists" by Elle Magazine, "20 Extraordinary Female Guitarists" by Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" and "Ten Women Composers and Guitarists In The Last 20 Years" by Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico).
The Great Kat's NEO-CLASSICAL MUSIC is continuing to spread to all aspects of entertainment with TESCO, the world’s second largest retailer (after Wal-Mart) and U.K.’s largest retailer, featuring The Great Kat’s Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" music in the new TV commercial for the wildly popular Activision video game “CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS”. Rhapsody Shred Radio is featuring The Great Kat's "virtuoso fretwork" ShredClassical Music. The Great Kat’s Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody #2” is featured in the comedy film “BLUNT MOVIE”. The Great Kat recently captivated audiences and performed on NBC TV's “WEEKEND TODAY IN NY” as The “World's Fastest Female Guitarist” on the virtuoso showpieces “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” and Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsody #2”. The Great Kat has also appeared on TV on Entertainment Tonight, CyberLife TV Show on the Discovery Channel, Good Day New York, Live with Regis, The Joan Rivers Show, The Maury Povich Show and has been featured on Sirius XM Liquid Metal, CNN’s Measure To Measure, National Public Radio and more. YouTube has launched "YOUTUBE - THE GREAT KAT" Channel, featuring tons of insane guitar shred Great Kat Music Videos and TV Shows: Paganini's "Caprice #24", "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee", "Good Day New York", "The Morton Downey Jr. Show" & much more. The Great Kat’s blistering ShredClassical music videos are now shredding on Vimeo.
The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED" DVD features Shred/Classical Music Videos of the famous "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" (performed by Kat at 300 BPM!), Paganini's insanely technical "Caprice #24" (for guitar and violin), Beethoven's "5th Symphony" and Bach's Baroque Masterpiece "Brandenburg Concerto #3" for 6 Shred Guitars, 3 Violins, Chamber Orchestra and Metal band, plus original outrageously theatrical SPEED METAL Wagnerian Mini-Operas. The Great Kat's "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD is now featured on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON ONLINE, Mevio Music and Network Awesome.

The Great Kat's guitar virtuosity was recently featured in Newsweek Magazine's article on "Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" featuring The Great Kat shredding "Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" from "Beethoven On Speed". The Great Kat was recently awarded Guitar Player Magazine's "50 Sensational Female Guitarists" with Michael Molenda, Editor of Guitar Player Magazine, declaring "Kat (born Katherine Thomas) may be one of the fastest guitarists of all time." The Great Kat's new Classical Violin CD single "Czardas for Violin and Piano" was recently given a 10/10 Rating by BanzaiRecords.com and The Great Kat was featured in Rock Brigade Magazine in "Guitarrista The Great Kat homenageia 250º aniversário de Beethoven. Guitarist The Great Kat honors Beethoven's 250th birthday", UnRated Magazine's "The Great Kat One of Fastest Guitarist of All Time", The Telegraph's "Twisted Metal", on AXS.com's "The Great Kat unleashes her version of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2", Guitar World Magazine’s “The Great Kat Previews New Shred/Classical DVD — Video", the Exclusive Column for Rock Confidential: "The Great Kat Screams!", Classical MPR, MyM Magazine's Interview "The Great Kat Is A Force of Nature...One of the Fastest Guitarists Alive", Classical Minnesota Public Radio’s "Interview: The Great Kat, violin-guitar virtuoso and self-styled Beethoven reincarnate”, in the new book "BEETHOVEN IN AMERICA" in the chapter entitled "Beethoven in Popular Music", in the new book "WICKED WOMAN" in chapter four "PRINCESSES OF HELL: WOMEN IN GLAM, SPEED AND THRASH", WQXR Classical Radio in "How Beethoven Became an American Icon", L.A.'s Morning News - News Talk 980, Examiner.com’s "Roll Over Beethoven: The Great Kat's 'Beethoven Shreds' restyles famed composer", Gigwise in "The Naked And Famous: Stars Who Can't Keep Their Clothes On" and Total Guitar Magazine in "Beethoven Symphony No 5 (1st Movement)". Spin Magazine recently honored The Great Kat with a Star in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY". SiriusXM Radio's Jay Thomas, of "Mork & Mindy" and "Cheers" fame, interviewed The Great Kat on "THE JAY THOMAS SHOW" Live on SiriusXM. BBC Culture features The Great Kat in "THE NEED FOR SPEED: MUSIC'S FASTEST AND MOST FURIOUS". BBC features The Great Kat in “8 BBC Radio Docs That Will Change the Way You Listen to Music” and BBC’s “The Arts Hour” features The Great Kat Shredding Beethoven's "5th Symphony" and Interview from “Fast And Furioso” Show (heard on BBC Radio 4). Zero Magazine features The Great Kat in "THE GREAT KAT CELEBRATES PAGANINI ON THE 233 ANNIVERSARY".
The Great Kat is a DOUBLE Virtuoso - Guitar AND Violin - and Great Kat’s unique guitar and violin virtuosity shine on the new "BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD, which features songs from The Great Kat’s highly-acclaimed, ground-breaking “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD: “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee”, Beethoven's “5th Symphony”, Paganini’s “Caprice #24”, Bach's “Brandenburg Concerto #3” and more. “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD combines metal and classical music for a speed thrill unchallenged in the music industry. The Great Kat's "Beethoven Shreds" CD and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD is now featured on ABC-TV's Take Five & Company TV Show and is chosen by iTunes as the top “New & Noteworthy” Metal Music.

The Great Kat's Revolutionary Albums, “Beethoven On Speed” and "Beethoven Shreds" are now featured in “America’s Beethoven” Exhibit at the “American Beethoven Society”.

The Great Kat shreds genius Classical composers and celebrates Beethoven's 250th & 251st Birthdays with new 7-Song ShredClassical Albums TCHAIKOVSKY'S "NUTCRACKER", MENDELSSOHN'S "SPRING SONG", "OFFENBACH, BACH, ROSSINI AND SHREDSSISSIMO", "MOZART, BEETHOVEN, BACH AND SHRED". "BACH, DVORAK, LISZT AND SHREDDIVA", "“WAGNER, GODDESS, CHOPIN AND SHREDDERRIFIC”, "EXTREME GUITAR SHRED", "KATHERINE THOMAS VIOLIN VIRTUOSO", "BEETHOVEN, BEETHOVEN AND THE REINCARNATION OF BEETHOVEN”, "ROSSINI, BEETHOVEN, PAGANINI AND SHREDFEST". Also new from The Great Kat is Bach's "Jesu Joy Mosh" and Bach's "Jesu Joy for Classical Violin and Cathedral Organ", "Can-Can by Offenbach" for Guitar, Violin and Orchestra, Dvorak's Humoresque for Guitar, Violin And Piano", Beethoven's “FÜR ELISE FÜR VIOLINE and KLAVIER” single, and new 6-Video Music Video DVDs "Shredderrific ShredDiva Shreds”, “GODDESS, DOMINATRIX AND SHREDTACULAR", "Paganini, Mozart And Shredssissimo", "The Shredder of Seville", "The Lone Shredder" and new recordings and music videos of Chopin's "Funeral March", PAGANINI'S MOTO PERPETUO FOR GUITAR AND VIOLIN, Bach's Air On The G String Mosh, Beethoven's "Violin Concerto" for guitar & violin, "Beethoven Mosh 2", Beethoven's "Minuet in G" for Guitar, Violin and Piano, Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "Turkish March for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "Razumovsky String Quartet for Guitar and String Quartet", Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "FÜR ELISE for Guitar, Violin and Piano", Beethoven's "Moonlight Mosh" and Beethoven's "Egmont Overture For Guitar, Actor and Symphony Orchestra", "Beethoven 250 Mashup", Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony For Guitar And Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "Bolero Mosh", Beethoven's "Triple Guitar Concerto in Shred Major". Beethoven's "5th Symphony", "Maestro Great Kat Shreds Beethoven's 5th -Guitar Tab” and more available as Digital and DVD & CD Singles. Seattle PI features The Great Kat and Beethoven in "Exclusive Interview: Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday with The Great Kat". Vevo's "INCOMING METAL" PLAYLIST Features The Great Kat's Beethoven's "5th Symphony" Music Video.

Vevo, iTunes, iTunes Videos and more features the World Premiere of The Great Kat's new Shred Classical Music Videos, Singles & Ringtones featuring “CHRISTMAS MOSH: BACH'S JESU JOY" and "BACH'S JESU JOY: YULE LOG FIREPLACE VIOLIN”, Shredderrific ShredDiva Shreds","Shredderrific","ShredDiva","Can-Can: Dancehall by Offenbach","Can-Can: Wild West by Offenbach","Shredssissimo" ,"Shredfest","Shred 101","On Your Knees And Bow To The Great Kat!",“Offenbach, Paganini And Shred Goddess”,Dvorak's "Humoresque for Guitar,Violin and Piano", Dvorak's "Humoreske for Classical Violin", "Goddess", Chopin's "Piano Sonata Funeral March For Guitar And Piano", Chopin's "Funeral March", Paganini's "Moto Perpetuo For Guitar And Violin", Bach's "Air On The G String Mosh", Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony For Guitar And Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "Bolero Mosh", Beethoven's "Triple Guitar Concerto in Shred Major". Beethoven's "5th Symphony", "Maestro Great Kat Shreds Beethoven's 5th -Guitar Tab”, "Chef Great Kat's 4-Course Mashup", "666 Halloween Mashup", "Beethoven 250 Mashup", Beethoven's "Egmont Overture for Guitar, Actor and Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven's "Moonlight Mosh", Beethoven's "Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra", Beethoven’s "Für Elise for Guitar, Violin and Piano", "Turkish March for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra", "Minuet in G for Guitar, Violin and Piano", "Razumovsky String Quartet for Guitar and String Quartet". "Beethoven Mosh 2", Beethoven's "Violin Concerto" for Guitar & Violin, "Chef Great Kat Bakes German Apple Strudel With Mozart", "Brindisi Waltz The Drinking Song" & "Brindisi Waltz For Violin And Piano", ShredClassical Music Video, Single & Ringtone Mozart's "The Marriage Of Figaro Overture", Classical Violin Music Video, Single & Ringtone "Czardas for Violin and Piano", Rossini's "The Barber Of Seville" Comic Opera Music Video, "Chef Great Kat Cooks Russian Caviar And Blini With Rimsky-Korsakov", "Chef Great Kat Cooks Paganini's Ravioli" & "Chef Great Kat Cooks Beethoven's Macaroni And Cheese" Cooking Videos and Audio, Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy", Bazzini's "The Round Of The Goblins", "Terror", Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2", Rossini's "William Tell Overture", "Live At The Expo Of The Extreme" and Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" Music Videos. iTunes now features The Great Kat's Virtuoso ShredClassical Ringtones (Beethoven, Paganini, Bach, Vivaldi & more for your iPhone), Beethoven's "Violin Concerto", Mozart's "The Marriage Of Figaro Overture", Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" Music Video, Rossini's "William Tell Overture" Music Video, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" Music Video, "Beethoven’s Guitar Shred" DVD Music Videos and "Extreme Guitar Shred" DVD Music Videos for download ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108 ), "Goddess Shreds Live in Chicago" Single, and Shred/Classical CDs, "Beethoven Shreds", "Wagner’s War", "Rossini’s Rape", "Bloody Vivaldi" & "Guitar Goddess" for download (http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/great-kat/id384709526 ). The Great Kat DVDs and CDs are now available worldwide through major retail stores, online stores, and at www.greatkat.com.

Warner Music Group has just released The Great Kat’s legendary "Beethoven Mosh" (Beethoven's 5th Symphony In C Minor) and "Metal Messiah" Music Videos and the groundbreaking “Worship Me Or Die!” and “Beethoven On Speed” Albums for digital downloads, available internationally now on iTunes, MTV, Yinyuetai (China), Tidal, Vevo and more: "BEETHOVEN MOSH": https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/beethoven-mosh-beethovens-5th-symphony-in-c-minor/1375488656 , "METAL MESSIAH" https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/metal-messiah/1378922400 , “Worship Me Or Die!” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/worship-me-or-die!/id1086423634 and “Beethoven On Speed” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethoven-on-speed/id1089012301.

The Great Kat is bringing Shred/Classical Music to the entire world through the use of LIVE and MIDI instruments, computer technology and the Internet on The Great Kat Guitar Shredder Web Site at: http://www.greatkat.com .

The Great Kat Classical Futurist takes BEETHOVEN into the FUTURE with “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD, “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD, "BEETHOVEN ON SPEED" CD and “DIGITAL BEETHOVEN ON CYBERSPEED” CD/CD-ROM! More genius BEETHOVEN to come!

THE GREAT KAT'S MUSIC IS CALLED "SHRED/CLASSICAL":

The Great Kat's "SHRED/CLASSICAL" Music: Note-for-note authentic SYMPHONIC and ORCHESTRAL Classical Music scores (from Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner, Liszt, Paganini, Sarasate, Bazzini, Rossini and more) UPDATED for the 21st Century with SHRED GUITAR, CLASSICAL VIOLIN, ORCHESTRA and VICIOUS SPEED METAL BAND, PLUS INSANE IMAGERY!

THE GREAT KAT AWARDS, ACCOLADES, PRESS, TV SHOWS and MOVIES:

Full Scholarship Student of the Juilliard School for Violin
Graduated with honors from Juilliard
Winner of the Robert Hufstader Award for Composition and Theory at Juilliard
Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin
Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin
"Certificate of Merit" from New York Governor Mario Cuomo
Named "THE NEW WOMAN TO WATCH" for two consecutive years - New Woman Magazine
Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY" - Spin Magazine
Named "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY" - MusicRadar.com
Named "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine
Named "TOP TEN FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar One Magazine
Winner of "WHO PLAYS THE FASTEST" - Guitar Player Magazine's Reader Poll
Named “50 SENSATIONAL FEMALE GUITARISTS” - Guitar Player Magazine
Named "Shock Treatment: 10 Shock Rock Albums" - Iisalmen Sanomat
Named "Fastest Guitarists" - Rocker.sk
Named "10 WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF ROCK AND METAL" - Polvora Magazine
Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Tengib.com
Named "TOP TEN FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS"- The Top Tens
Named -"Top Ten Speed Guitarists" - Feloo.com (China)
Named "WORLD'S FASTEST GUITARISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY"- RegenciPedia
Named "HOT WOMEN ROCK STARS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GUITAR GENIUSES" - OMG News Today
Named "TOP TEN FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Wtoutiao (China)
Named "GUITAR HEROINES" - Queens Of Steel
Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Its Entertainment
Named "8 ICONIC WOMEN IN METAL" - Stack Magazine
Named "ROCK ON, QUEENS OF NOISE: 10 MORE KILLER HEAVY METAL FRONTWOMEN" - VH1
Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Glitzyworld
Named "THE 10 FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - Nusantara Culture
Named "THE HISTORY OF TEN SPEED HEROES" - Xwtoutiao
Named "World's Fastest Guitarists" - R3M (Italy)
Named "ROCKERAS MAS BELLAS"- 20minutos
Named "TOP FEMALE GUITARISTS WITH AMAZING GUITAR PLAYING SKILLS" - KeytarHQ
Named "TOP 10 SHRED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)
Named #1 IN "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD" - Guitarra Atalho
Named "THE 25 BEST ROCK GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - Maximum Rock Magazine
Named "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013" - WhatCulture!
Named "BEST AMERICAN FEMALE GUITARISTS – SHREDDING SIRENS" - Itcher Magazine
Named "10 HOTTEST SUPER BOWL PHOTOSHOOTS" - In My Group Celebrity Site
Named "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD" - Graphs.net
Named "THE 13 MOST POWERFUL 'O' FACES OF ROCK" - BuzzFeed
Named "THESE FEMALE GUITARISTS SHRED LIKE NO OTHER. THE BEST WOMEN IN GUITAR OF ALL TIME" -Upbeat News
Named "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - NME
Named "12 Great Women Electric Guitarists" -GUITARHAKASE
Named "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier
Named "TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)
Named "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine
Named "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
Named "THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" - Classic Rock Magazine
Named "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"
Named #5 in "THE 50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine Reader's Poll
Named "FAMOUS JUILLIARD SCHOOL ALUMNI" - Ranker.com
Named "GUITAR FREAKS - EXCESSES AND PARAPHERNALIA" - Chachi Guitar
Named "100 GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE 80s AND 90s" -HubPages
Named “10 STUPIDLY FAST GUITARISTS IN METAL” - Loudwire Magazine
Named "10 INCREDIBLY FAST METAL SCENE GUITARISTS" - Blitz/MSN Entertainment
Named "THE 10 FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - All Unique
Named "THE 30 MOST VIRTUOSO GUITARISTS IN HISTORY" ("Los 30 Guitarristas Mas Virtuosos de la Historia") -"20 Minutos"
Named "GUITAR A TO Z: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME - HEAVY METAL" - "Guitarra de A a Z"
Named One Of "THE WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR PLAYER" -Squidoo
Named "TEN WOMEN COMPOSERS AND GUITARISTS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS" - Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico)
Named "METAL MAIDEN OF THE MONTH DECEMBER 2012" - The Metal Pit
Named "SIX OF MUSIC'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN GUITARISTS" - Guitar Tricks
Named "TOP 5 AMAZING WOMEN YOU ASPIRE TO BE LIKE" in "INSPIRING ALL-AMERICAN WOMEN" -Feeling Good About Feminism
Named "MOST PROMINENT WOMEN ROCK GUITARISTS" - Virtuosos De La Guitarra
Named "METALHOLIC'S 15 HOTTEST FEMALE GUITAR SHREDDERS" - Metalholic Magazine
Named "SNOWY'S ANGEL OF THE YEAR" in "2011 RAMMY AWARDS" - Radioactive Metal Radio Show
Named "18 PEOPLE ROCKING WAY TOO HARD!" - Smosh.com
"Wagner's War" CD Named "THE BEST RECORDS 2011" - Frankfurter Rundschau Newspaper (Germany)
"Bloody Vivaldi" CD Named #6 In "THE BLOODIEST ALBUM COVERS OF ALL TIME" - Ugo.com
"Wagner's War" CD Named "THE BEST RECORDS 2011" - Berliner Zeitung Newspaper (Germany)
ARTICLES, COVER STORIES, INTERVIEWS, VIDEOS, BOOKS and REVIEWS in: Time Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine (Italy), Sirius Satellite Radio, AXS.com, MyM Magazine, Total Guitar Magazine, Nachrichten, DieRedaktion.de, BBC Radio, MusicRadar.com, Examiner.com, IGN, MEVIO Music, Spin Magazine, BuzzFeed, About.com Guitar, Guitar World Magazine, Metallized, New York Magazine, Financial Times (England), Ranker.com, Chicago Sun-Times, Guitar Player Magazine, NME, Details Magazine, Independent Media Center, The Entertainment Bank, Maximum Rock Magazine, Zero Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mediabistro, Bopian.com (China), Gigwise, AOL's Digital City, Kurier, Morning Star (U.K.), Graphs.net, MintLife, Newsday, The Oakland Press, Classical Magazine, WhatCulture!, Frankfurter Rundschau Newspaper, PC Magazine, Berliner Zeitung Newspaper, Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico), Urban Dictionary, Boston Arts Examiner, antiMUSIC, "A Beginner's Guide To Heavy Metal #17 - Shred", Stack Magazine, "The Genres Of Metal Vol. 1. Speed Metal. THE GREAT KAT" Video, Metalhead Video Magazine, Rock Hard Magazine, Glitzyworld, InMusic, Houston Press, Cry Of The Wolf Metal Blog, Femail Magazine, Hard Rock Magazine, Noticias del Mundo, Mac Home Journal Magazine, OMG News Today, Daily Star Newspaper, Good Times Magazine, Blender.com Videos, Toronto.com, Milenio, Rock Confidential, KeytarHQ, Feeling Good About Feminism, "Wicked Woman" Book, Accent On Tampa Bay Magazine, Spiegel Online (Germany), Beethoven in America Book, Canales, Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music, Shock Rock: Sexo, Violencia Y Teatro Book (Shock Rock: Sex, Violence and Theater), Lemmy Kilmister's "White Line Fever: The Autobiography", Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture Book, The Merciless Book of Metal Lists, The Official Heavy Metal Book Of Lists, Ax Facts & Stats Book, Faces Magazine, The Great Rock 'N' Roll Quote Book, Rockin' The Classics And Classicizin The Rock Book, Running With The Devil Book, Iisalmen Sanomat (Finalnd), Guitar An American Life Book, Chachi Guitar, Eye on Dance and the Arts, Necromag, Cincinnati CityBeat, Home Cinema Choice, Chicago Tribune, Seconds Magazine, Attack Magazine, AV Maniacs, USA Today, Elle Magazine, About.com: Classic Rock, I4U News, Metal Hammer, New Times, Clicker Blog, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, New Woman Magazine, The Scene Newspaper, Star Tribune, Rock Beat Magazine, The Port Arthur News, Providence Journal, Seattle Times, NewsBlaze, Today Online, Critical Women On Film Journal - The Women Film Critics Circle, AOL Music Noisecreep, Rolling Stone Magazine (Brazil), eHow, Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" Edition, Antichrist Magazine, Southern Fried Gamer, Metalholic Magazine, Pulse Magazine, fab Magazine, The Metal Pit, Test+Try=Results Blog, Associated Content, TechBites, San Antonio Express-News, Wired@Home.com, Guitar Tricks, Yahoo! Buzz, Guitar One Magazine, People Magazine, New York Times, Curve Magazine, Midwest Book Review, Heavy Metal Examiner, Cleveland Scene Magazine, Metal Forces Magazine, Meu Instrumento, Q Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Itcher Magazine, Washington Post, Morph's Outpost on the Digital Frontier, Swindon (England) Evening Advertiser, Metal Maniacs Magazine, Burn Out Magazine (Greece), El Norte Newspaper, Suite101.com's Modern Classical Musicians, Great Neck News Magazine, Rocker.sk, Guitar Buyer Magazine, FMQB, Tribuna (Monterrey, Mexico), Vanguardia (Saltillo, Mexico), Canales Magazine, Excite.com, Netflix.com, Bloodstone Magazine, Network Awesome, Hollywood FYI, Billboard, Classic Rock Magazine, The Statesman, Guitar Player Magazine Brazil and much more
RADIO SHOWS: BBC Radio 4's "Fast And Furioso" Show, BBC Culture, BBC Radio's "The Arts Hour",Classical MPR, SiriusXM Radio's The Jay Thomas Show, WQXR Classical Radio, CNN's Measure To Measure, Sirius XM Liquid Metal, Classical Minnesota Public Radio, Bloody Roots on Sirius XM Radio, Rhapsody Shred Radio, L.A.'s Morning News - News Talk 980 KFWB, The Bailey Broadcast Radio Show - 92.7 FM KGBR, The Ray Heatherton Radio Show, Blog Talk Radio's Social Media Hour, The Morning Edge with Buck and Dex-KTEG, Tommy & Rumble Show-FM99 WNOR, Performance Today - National Public Radio, The Vampyr's Underground-Heavy Metal Buzz, Scary Terry's Saturday Nightmare Show-Rock 94.7, Mac Edition Radio, Radioactive Metal, XENR Radio, High Speed Hangover Show
TV SHOWS: VH1, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Online, ABC-TV's Take Five & Company TV Show, NBC-TV's Weekend Today In NY, CyberLife on the Discovery Channel, Entertainment Tonight TV Show, CNBC-TV's America's Talking, The Joan Rivers Show, The Maury Povich Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, News 12 Long Island, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, Fox-TV's Good Day New York with George Ciccarone, CNN-TV's Talk Back Live, The Joe Franklin Show, A.M. Los Angeles with Cristina Ferrare and Steve Edwards, A.M. Boston, Midday Live with Bill Boggs, NBC-TV's "Fantasy" Show, Estrellas de Oro (Channel 12), Bernice Perry Presents Show
EXHIBITS: "America's Beethoven Exhibit" at The Ira F. Brilliant Center For Beethoven Studies - Michael Broyles, Co-Curator, with William Meredith and Patricia Stroh
MOVIES: "Blunt Movie" Movie, Warner Brothers' "Soup For One" Movie.
TV COMMERCIALS: Tesco's TV commercial for the Activision video game “Call of Duty: Ghosts”

PRESS REVIEWS/AWARDS:

-The Great Kat Honored with a STAR in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY" - Spin Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "20 OF THE FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY" - MusicRadar.com

-The Great Kat Named "50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME" Award - Guitar One Magazine

-The Great Kat Winner of "WHO PLAYS THE FASTEST" - Guitar Player Magazine's Reader Poll

-The Great Kat Named "TOP-10 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll

-The Great Kat Named “50 SENSATIONAL FEMALE GUITARISTS” - Guitar Player Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "100 GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE 80s AND 90s" -HubPages

-The Great Kat Named "TOP TEN FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDERS" - The Top Tens

-The Great Kat Named "THESE FEMALE GUITARISTS SHRED LIKE NO OTHER. THE BEST WOMEN IN GUITAR OF ALL TIME" - Upbeat News https://upbeatnews.com/these-female-guitarists-shred-like-no-other/36

-The Great Kat Named "TOP TEN SPEED GUITARISTS" - Feloo.com

-The Great Kat Named "8 ICONIC WOMEN IN METAL" - Stack Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "12 GREATEST FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS" - Elle Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "10 WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF ROCK AND METAL" - Polvora Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "20 EXTRAORDINARY FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter"

-The Great Kat Named #5 in "THE 50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - Guitar World Magazine Reader's Poll

-The Great Kat Named "THE 100 WILDEST GUITAR HEROES" - Classic Rock Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "ROCK ON, QUEENS OF NOISE: 10 MORE KILLER HEAVY METAL FRONTWOMEN" - VH1

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Its Entertainment

-The Great Kat Named "THE 10 FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - Nusantara Culture

-The Great Kat Named "THE HISTORY OF TEN SPEED HEROES" - xwtoutiao

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Tengib.com

-The Great Kat Named "10 Stupidly Fast Guitarists In Metal" - Loudwire Magazine

-The Great Kat in "10 Incredibly Fast Metal Scene Guitarists" - Blitz/MSN Entertainment

-The Great Kat Named "ROCKERAS MAS BELLAS" - 20minutos.es

-The Great Kat Named "HOT WOMEN ROCK STARS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GUITAR GENIUSES" - OMG News Today

-The Great Kat Named "WORLD'S FASTEST GUITARISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY"" - RegenciPedia

-The Great Kat Named "TOP TEN FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Wtoutiao (China)

-The Great Kat Named "World's Fastest Guitarists" - R3M (Italy)

-The Great Kat Named "SHOCK TREATMENT: 10 SHOCK ROCK ALBUMS" - Iisalmen Sanomat

-The Great Kat Named "FASTEST GUITARISTS" - Rocker.sk

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" - Glitzyworld

-The Great Kat Named "BEST AMERICAN FEMALE GUITARISTS – SHREDDING SIRENS" - Itcher Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "Famous People From Swindon" - Ranker.com

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 SHRED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)

-The Great Kat Named "GUITAR HEROINES" - Queens Of Steel

-The Great Kat Named "THE 25 BEST ROCK GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - Maximum Rock Magazine

-The Great Kat Named #1 In "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD"- Guitarra Atalho

-The Great Kat Named "THE 13 MOST POWERFUL 'O' FACES OF ROCK" - BuzzFeed

-The Great Kat Named "12 Great Women Electric Guitarists" - Guitarhakase

-The Great Kat Named "10 PHENOMENAL FEMALE GUITARISTS THAT DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION IN 2013" - WhatCulture!

-The Great Kat Named "TEN WOMEN COMPOSERS AND GUITARISTS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS" - Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico)

-The Great Kat Named One Of "THE WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR PLAYER" - Squidoo

-The Great Kat Named "OVERSEAS WOMEN GUITARIST RANKING TOP 10" - All Japanese Diary (Japan)

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES" - Bopian.com (China)

-THE GREAT KAT Named "THE 30 MOST VIRTUOSO GUITARISTS IN HISTORY" ("Los 30 Guitarristas Mas Virtuosos de la Historia") on "20 Minutos"
-The Great Kat Named "FASTEST GUITAR PLAYERS IN THE WORLD" - Graphs.net

-The Great Kat Named "10 HOTTEST SUPER BOWL PHOTOSHOOTS" - In My Group Celebrity Site

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 8 FEMALE ELECTRIC GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME" - NME
-The Great Kat Named "THE BEST ROCK FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Kurier

-The Great Kat Named " "GUITAR GODDESS: TOP TEN FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Xuehua (China)

-The Great Kat Named "FAMOUS JUILLIARD SCHOOL ALUMNI" - Ranker.com

-The Great Kat Named "GUITAR FREAKS - EXCESSES AND PARAPHERNALIA" - Chachi Guitar
-"Wagner's War" CD Named "THE BEST RECORDS 2011" - Frankfurter Rundschau Newspaper (Germany)
-The Great Kat Named "METAL MAIDEN OF THE MONTH DECEMBER 2012" - The Metal Pit

-The Great Kat Named "SIX OF MUSIC'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN GUITARISTS" - Guitar Tricks

-The Great Kat Named "100 GREATEST GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE 80s AND 90s" - http://anselpereira.hubpages.com/hub/100-Greatest-Guitar-Players-of-the-80s-and-90s

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 5 AMAZING WOMEN YOU ASPIRE TO BE LIKE" in "INSPIRING ALL-AMERICAN WOMEN" - Feeling Good About Feminism

-The Great Kat Named "METALHOLIC'S 15 HOTTEST FEMALE GUITAR SHREDDERS" - Metalholic Magazine

-The Great Kat Named "MOST PROMINENT WOMEN ROCK GUITARISTS" - Virtuosos De La Guitarra

-The Great Kat Named "SNOWY'S ANGEL OF THE YEAR" in "2011 RAMMY AWARDS" - Radioactive Metal Radio Show

-"Wagner's War" CD Named "THE BEST RECORDS 2011" - Berliner Zeitung Newspaper (Germany)

-"Bloody Vivaldi" CD Named #6 In "THE BLOODIEST ALBUM COVERS OF ALL TIME" - Ugo.com

-"Bloody Vivaldi" CD Named #66 In "200 EMBARRASSINGLY" ALBUM COVERS" - The Merciless Book of Metal Lists
-"Rossini’s Rape" CD Named "WRITER'S CHOICE AWARD" - Paper Dragon Ink

-"Bloody Vivaldi" CD Named "OUR 14 FAVORITE BLOODY ALBUM COVERS" - Houston Press
-The Great Kat Inducted into the "SNOWY'S ANGELS HALL OF FAME" - Radioactive Metal

-The Great Kat Named "GUITAR A TO Z: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME - HEAVY METAL" - "Guitarra de A a Z"

-The Great Kat Named "ARTIST OF THE WEEK" on "The Vampyr's Underground" Radio Show - Heavy Metal Buzz

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 15 FEMALE ROCK GUITAR PLAYERS" - Musicouch

-The Great Kat Named "THE 50 BEST AND FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" - Fulltono Musica

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 20 GREATEST GUITARISTS" - Blog Elaphar

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 5 FEMALE GUITARISTS" - EN 440

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 100 SHRED GUITARISTS" - Musicouch

-"Beethoven On Speed" CD Named "10 ESSENTIAL TRASH METAL ALBUMS" - La Religion del Rock Pesado

-The Great Kat Named "TOP 10 FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Meu Instrumento

-The Great Kat Named - "THE 10 FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD" -All Unique

-The Great Kat Named "18 PEOPLE ROCKING WAY TOO HARD!" - Smosh.com

-The Great Kat Named "12 SEXY GUITARISTS OF CHRISTMAS" - Guitar Holiday

-“The wave of the future might well be heavy-metal Beethoven by way of Juilliard. Ms. Kat's ‘Beethoven on Speed’ album elevates furiousness to a would-be world view. It is built on speed-rock electric guitar solos (fast, virtuosic, nearly everything articulated with frenzied right-hand strumming and manic left-hand skittering up and down the fret board, the general esthetic being more-notes-per-second equals better). To which she adds hoarse imprecations for her ‘slaves’ to grovel before her and her overpowering genius.” – John Rockwell, The New York Times
-NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT SHREDDING “FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE” from “BEETHOVEN ON SPEED”! https://www.newsweek.com/flight-bumblebee-played-watering-can-1522779
“‘Flight of the Bumblebee.’ It’s long been a favorite for heavy metal musicians just to show off their shredding abilities. In 1990, Katherine Thomas (who performs under the stage name The Great Kat) performed her own version for her album Beethoven on Speed.” - James Crowley, Newsweek Magazine, Aug. 4, 2020 https://www.newsweek.com/flight-bumblebee-played-watering-can-1522779 -"MOZART, BEETHOVEN, BACH AND SHRED. WORSHIP HER OR DIE. New work by The Great Kat, an elegant and talented woman who graduated from the Juilliard School! The best compilation album that Great Kat has released so far, with the best metal arrangement versions of classical, shredded up. This is a must-have for those who have to all the works to worship this beautiful KAT" ANCIENT METAL NATION https://blog.goo.ne.jp/necroassassinnn/e/565635968e04ee1540106fb1fa04965c

-"Beethoven 250 Mashup. The extraordinarily talented, boundary-pushing music artist The Great Kat applies her talent for guitar-shredding classical music at extraordinary speeds in Beethoven 250 Mashup, a CD single with over four minutes of mashed-up shreds from Beethoven's "5th Symphony", "Moonlight Mosh", "Turkish March", "Fur Elise", "Beethoven Mosh 2", "Razumovsky String Quartet", "Minuet in G", "Egmont Overture", "Violin Concerto", and "Eroica Symphony". Beethoven 250 Mashup is a brief yet exciting and enthralling new way to experience Beethoven's timeless classics, and makes an adventurous gift for connoisseurs of the intense guitar shredding!" - James Cox, Midwest Book Review http://midwestbookreview.com/ibw/dec_20.htm

HOUSTON PRESS' "THE 100 BEST MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2021 YOU PROBABLY MISSED Part 2" NAMES THE GREAT KAT'S ROSSINI'S "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" TO THEIR TOP 100 LIST! By Jef Rouner, Houston Press December 21, 2021 "The Great Kat, 'Barber of Seville'. Another year and another set of classical tunes played on guitar at hair-burning speed by the one and only Great Kat. This time she turns Rossini up about a million beats per minute while dressing like a sex-clown and having a fop shaved. I think the absurdity of the world has caught up with our dear Kat because now this seems very, very normal." https://www.houstonpress.com/music/best-indie-and-underground-music-videos-of-2021-part-2-12543480 WATCH The Great Kat - Rossini's The Barber Of Seville (Official Music Video) on YOUTUBE at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8N5RrPryc
-VEVO'S "INCOMING METAL" PLAYLIST Features The Great Kat's BEETHOVEN'S "5th SYMPHONY" Music Video! Watch on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX22Q2rTqIw&list=PL9tY0BWXOZFuFHvOwsadSCn3NKeuNIh0B&index=26
-"Ode to Joy: Four Ways to Celebrate Beethoven's 250th Birthday. Guitar and violin shredder The Great Kat just debuted Beethoven's 'Pastoral Symphony for Guitar and Symphony,' on video, which includes thunderstorms, fire, lightning, Beethoven and Zeus all uniting to bring Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” (Symphony #6) to life." - Westword Music Denver https://www.westword.com/music/things-to-do-in-denver-to-celebrate-beethovens-birthday-11863417 "Le Son Classique 2022" - A Timeline of Classical Music History Features The Great Kat in WoodBrass! "Classical music. A course of almost 600 years of history. Welcome to the world of Classical Genre Merger. Classical music has never been so active and appreciated today. The Great Kat covering classical works in shred metal" – WoodBrass https://woodbrass.com/le+son+classique+2022?utm_source=wb&utm_medium=bannfp&utm_campaign=classique22
-"These Lady Musicians Deserve More Hype. The Great Kat, born Katherine Thomas, is an English musician best renowned for her thrash metal adaptations of well-known classical works. While Kat’s electric guitar is featured in the majority of her songs, she has also used a violin, which isn’t surprising given that she is a classically educated violinist who graduated from the Juilliard School of Music. Kat has created quite a name for herself over the years, with Guitar One magazine even naming her one of the “Fastest Shredders of All Time.” She’s certainly got the fastest fingers onstage, but she can keep all eyes on her during a performance too." –Finance101 https://www.finance101.com/these-lady-musicians-deserve-more-hype

"THE GREAT KAT, Schubert's Moment Musical new single. On the anniversary of Schubert's death (Nov 19, 1828 in Vienna), The Great Kat released her version of "Moment Musical" on Spotify & YouTube channel. All strictly in time shredssissimo, a real fusion of shred and prestissimo!" Francesco Faniello, Raw And Wild https://rawandwild.com/?p=1877
"The Great Kat – Insanity and genius. A torrent of words, as fast and cutting as her musical notes. The Great Kat and Katherine Thomas live together in the same body, taking turns. No wonder when we hear her voice passing from the first singular to the third person plural when she speaks of her, the supreme reincarnation of Beethoven." Giuseppe Felice Cassatella IL RAGLIO DEL MULO'S INTERVIEW with THE GREAT KAT! https://ilragliodelmulo.com/2021/03/17/the-great-kat-insanity-and-genius/
"THE GREAT KAT interview. Fall to your knees before the virtuosic guitar violence of the Great Kat. This prolific shred goddess has mesmerized the world since her debut album Worship Me Or Die! Since then, she has rocked hard in the style of Beethoven On Speed, with dazzling guitar and violin renditions of classical pieces by the masters like Ludwig Van, Vivaldi and Rossini. December 16, 2020, will be Beethoven's 250th birthday. The Great Kat, the self-proclaimed reincarnation of the composer, is busy recreating his songs note for note on guitar and violin, available to the world on her web site and youtube channel leading up to that momentous anniversary." - One On One With The GRIM 1 https://grimmestofalltime.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-great-kat-interview.html
-"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 American heavy metal guitarist, one of the best known interpretations is Beethoven Mosh which is inspired by the rhythmic cell of the first movement of the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven" - BresciaOggi https://www.bresciaoggi.it/home/cultura/jazz-on-beethoven-la-magia-nel-progetto-di-cieli-vibranti-1.8390352/amp

-"Ludwig van Beethoven el heavymetalero del siglo XIX. "La guitarrista de metal The Great Kat, quien es reconocida por interpretar piezas de música clásica tiene Beethoven on Speed y Beethoven Shreds" -Tiempo.ags https://tiempoags.com/ludwig-van-beethoven-el-heavymetalero-del-siglo-xix/
-"Guitar Shredder Celebrates Beethoven with Her Brain Exploding Recordings. Known as the “High Priestess of Guitar Shred,” The Great Kat celebrates Beethoven’s 250th Birthday with new metal recordings and music videos of Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” for guitar & violin, and many other Beethoven symphonies." Kyle Osborne, Entertainment Or Die http://www.entertainmentordie.com/2021/01/guitar-shredder-celebrates-beethoven-with-her-brain-exploding-recordings/
-"Beethoven's Egmont Overture for Guitar, Actor and Symphony Orchestra is a single in which The Great Kat showcases her mastery of guitar and violin shredding at unbelievable speeds. The Great Kat performs music that Beethoven composed for Goethe's revolutionary play "Egmont", and narrates Egmont's final words with screams from Goethe's original text. An extreme, intense, and utterly unforgettable way to experience classical music, Beethoven's Egmont Overture for Guitar, Actor and Symphony Orchestra is shocking, provocative, enthralling, and highly recommended." James Cox, Midwest Book Review http://www.midwestbookreview.com/wbw/jan_21.htm
-"The Great Kat, well-known for her unabashedly provocative appearances, sensual videos, and extraordinary talent in skillfully shredding classical works of music at record-breaking speeds, is celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday with the release of two new singles in both digital and CD format. "Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra" is a profound new way to experience a classical musical journey inspired by nature's transitions from tranquility to thunderstorms. "Beethoven's Fur Elise" is a transformatively shredded version of Beethoven's posthumously discovered work in honor of an unknown woman whose identity has been the source of near-endless speculation. As always, the Great Kat displays an incredible gift for musical performance that pushes boundaries in more ways than one; both singles are highly recommended." - James Cox, Midwest Book Review https://www.midwestbookreview.com/wbw/nov_20.htm#MusicCD
-"The Great Kat in the key of Trash Metal released hers album "Beethoven On Speed", with songs like "Sex and Violins" and "Beethoven Mosh"."-Ernesto Edwards, "Beethoven, la filosofía y el rock" https://www.nortebonaerense.com.ar/noticias/beethoven-la-filosofia-y-el-rock_878685.html

-"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/
-"Great Kat: video in honor of Beethoven, watch. The exceptional guitarist and violinist The Great Kat made available another single / video in celebration to master Ludwig Van a Beethoven . She attacked “Moonlight Mosh” , a speed metal version of the anthological “Moonlight Sonata” , with the beautiful video strategically recorded under the New York moonlight, with Great Kat pouring out all the explosion of theatricality that she has. We really cannot imagine a musical performance that is not “performed crazy” from The Great Kat." Alessandro Iglesias, Roadie Metal https://roadie-metal.com/great-kat-video-em-homenagem-a-beethoven-assista "The Great Kat Beethoven’s Moonlight Mosh is a track in a neoclassical Metal style, perfectly played with sensitivity,. demonic guitar squeals and licks and dark themes" Pawel, Metal Centre https://www.metalcentre.com/2020/09/the-great-kat-beethovens-moonlight-mosh/ -"Exclusive Interview: Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday with The Great Kat. "Beethoven in Leather and Spikes. Beethoven meets heavy metal rock under the guidance of guitarist and violinist, The Great Kat. The Muse, a concept from Greek mythology, is the inspiration which leads an artist to create. The Great Kat has followed one freaky muse. ‘Beethoven Mosh' caught my eye. And The Great Kat channels Beethoven. Multiple organizations acknowledge her as the world's fastest guitar player, and she transforms classical into thrash metal. If you like having your brain’s classical engrams supercharged, find The Great Kat on iTunes." – by Leo Sopicki, Seattle PI and Blogcritics.org https://seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Exclusive-Interview-Celebrating-Beethoven-s-15516491.php
-10/10 RATING by BANZAIRECORDS.COM for The Great Kat's "CZARDAS for VIOLIN AND PIANO" Classical Violin CD Single! "Czardas For Violin and Piano by The Great Kat is a one song classical violin CD Single.The Great Kat, is one of the Top Heavy Metal Guitarists of all time, one of the fastest guitar shredders of all time and the fastest female guitarist in music. Katherine Thomas is a well known classical violin virtuoso and is a graduate of Juilliard and has won the Artists International Competition on Violin and the Carnegie Recital Hall Violin Soloist competition. Rating: 10/10" -Jason MacKenzie, BanzaiRecords.com! Read at https://banzairecords.com/blog/2019/02/23/review-the-great-kat-czardas-for-violin-and-piano
-METAL HAMMER'S "THE 80s ISSUE" INTERVIEW with THE GREAT KAT "I WAS THERE - THE GREAT KAT"! "Katherine Thomas was one of 80s metal's most eccentric characters. Thankfully, she hasn't changed." - by Eleanor Goodman, Metal Hammer "The 80s Issue" (Feb. 2020) https://www.loudersound.com/news/celebrate-metals-greatest-decade-with-this-months-metal-hammer-80s-special

"Shred demon, the Great Kat, has been busy lately celebrating the 250th birthday of the great German music composer Ludwig van Beethoven. As usual, she does it in her own inimitably virtuosic fashion. She recently released an incredible shredding take on Beethoven’s “Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra,” which she’s made available on DVD and CD single. The piece is delivered with a chaotic barrage of furious guitar lines and sweeping melodies. She approaches “Eroica Symphony…” with her signature attack producing a blistering rendition that’s categorically unforgiving in its relentless nature. The Great Kat is a true original. Her sound has always been unique and distinct and it remains the case right up to this moment." STATIK NOIZE!

-"Beethoven's Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra is a music CD by The Great Kat that performs Beethoven's classic symphony as shredded guitar and violin music at intensely high speeds, with the tenacity of a metal virtuoso. A wildly intense new way to experience Beethoven's classic genius, Beethoven's Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra is a shocking and mesmerizing audio experience! Highly recommended." James Cox, Wisconsin Bookwatch
-"THE GREAT KAT a MASTER SHREDDER. Juilliard graduate deciding to play all these Classical pieces on metal guitar. It's really something. I played you her brand new single, Beethoven's Moonlight Mosh"
Sheila B., WFMU https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/96075 & https://www.wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=96075&archive=190447&starttime=0:23:14
-"That was The Great Kat with her version of Flight Of The Bumble-Bee!" - Mia Timpano, Triple R FM https://rrr.org.au/explore/programs/requiem-for-a-scream/episodes/11080-requiem-for-a-scream-international-womens-day-special -"The Great Kat. Violinist, Guitarist. Furious instrumental attack!" - “Cuerdas de Acero #07” with Host Freddy Lopez https://mixcloud.com/CuerdasdeAcero/cuerdas-de-acero_07_8-marzo-2020/
KOBZR RAVE REVIEWS of THE GREAT KAT'S BEETHOVEN'S 250th BIRTHDAY SINGLES! http://www.greatkat.com/59/articles/kobzrmetalnews.html "Strong song. Addictive. #Thrash meets Classic. This highlight should not be missing in any record collection. Beethoven Mosh 2 is unparalleled in terms of style, composition & sound. 9 / 10"-Thomas KOBZR "Riffs, solos and always speed, speed, speed. Results in intoxication and ecstasy. "Beethoven’s Razumovsky String Quartet" is a big recommendation for The Great Kat fans" - Thomas, KOBZR "The Great Kat shows everyone that she is the fastest under the sun, although the rhythm playing is not enough for them, they also want to get it for us in the lead area. And it does. "Beethoven’s Minuet in G" is one of the hottest metal shredding you can get and drives tears of joy into your eyes under headphones."- Thomas, KOBZR "Musically at the highest level. THE GREAT KAT Beethoven’s Turkish March consistently powerful track is easy to listen to because Great Kat moves with great ease & remarkable independence"-Thomas KOBZR
"The Great Kat: Guitar Strings on a Cat o'Nine Tails. The Great Kat: More than 9 lives of musical virtuosity" on SciFiMusicom By Sergio Pescador, "You can address your mistress as The Great Kat, the best female guitarist whose paws have set foot on planet Earth.At 16, most still don't know what they will study. She had already entered the prestigious Juilliard Academy, conservatory, alma mater of renowned world-class classical music performers.She appears in our study of ten women who changed music. Find out why here In times of idol-hungry people, The Great Kat is the best example for girls and young women who don't want to submit to the male yoke and to a macho, regressive, misogynistic and abusive society." Sergio Pescador, SciFiMusicom https://sergiogtzpescador.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-great-kat-guitar-strings-on-cat.html
-ROCK BRIGADE MAGAZINE Features The Great Kat in "Guitarrista The Great Kat homenageia 250º aniversário de Beethoven. Guitarist The Great Kat honors Beethoven's 250th birthday"! "Guitarist The Great Kat takes part in the tributes to Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday with a new single / DVD entitled Beethoven's Violin Concerto, available on digital platforms (Amazon Music, Spotify, iTunes etc.). Great Kat is a violinist/guitarist who adapts classical music for very fast versions (you can call it speed metal, power metal) & ends up having very cool results for pieces by Beethoven, Paganini, Mozart, Wagner, Rossini and Tchaikovsky. among others." - Rock Brigade Magazine http://rockbrigade.com.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17442:guitarrista-the-great-kat-homenageia-250o-aniversario-de-beethoven&catid=5:destaque&Itemid=10
-"Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture. Guitarist/violinist The Great Kat, a.k.a. 'The World's Fastest Guitar Shredder', has released another single in which she guitar-shreds a classic work of music at breakneck speed. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture is a revolutionary performance of a timeless composition with unfettered, vivacious abandon. An eye-opening new way to experience Mozart, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture is extraordinary, mesmerizing, and highly recommended!" - James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review Wisconsin Bookwatch
-FELOO.COM (CHINA) NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP TEN SPEED GUITARISTS" Feloo.com (China)
Top Ten Best Electric Guitarists - The top ten guitarists in the world? "TOP TEN SPEED GUITARISTS": 10.The Great Kat

-QUEENS OF STEEL NAMES THE GREAT KAT "GUITAR HEROINES"! "The Great Kat has been considered by a lot of people a real virtuoso, and not just a guitar virtuoso, but a violin virtuoso. One of the fastest guitar players in the world. She has always been a great innovator. The Great Kat transcribes classical pieces by Vivaldi, Wagner, Beethoven, etc., and turns them into real Metal shreds with great both guitar and violin solos." -Tania Giménez, Queens Of Steel. http://www.queensofsteel.com/2019/09/guitar-heroines-2/

-R3M (Italy) Names The Great Kat in "World's Fastest Guitarists"! READ at https://www.r3m.it/chitarristi-piu-veloci-al-mondo/

"THE GREAT KAT ONE OF THE FASTEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME. THE GREAT KAT IS SHE A GOD OR A GODDESS?" by Dan Locke, UnRated Magazine
"The Great Kat is she a God or a Goddess? Interview Conducted on February 07, 2018 By Dan Locke. She's a busty blond with a guitar. She doesn't play, but incinerates, classical music. She’s outrageous, dangerous, and ferocious — she’s The Great Kat" - Melanie "Sass" Falina, UnRated Magazine
-R3M (Italy) Names The Great Kat in "World's Fastest Guitarists"! R3M (Italy)

"KAT ATTACK! Katherine Thomas was a formally dressed classical musician who studied violin at the prestigious New York Juilliard School. Then, one day, she radically transformed herself into ‘The Great Kat’, dressed in fetish gear, and started to do thrash metal versions of artists like Beethoven to, in her words, ‘wake the world up’. It was shortly afterwards that Guitar One magazine described her as ‘one of the greatest shredders of all time’. Guitars Exchange catches up with The Great Kat to talk about her extraordinary guitar style." - by Paul Rigg, Guitars Exchange
-UPBEAT NEWS NAMES THE GREAT KAT "These Female Guitarists Shred Like No Other. The best women in guitar of all time." "The Great Kat. Belligerent self-promoter with zero patience for crap guitar technique, The Great Kat is a terrifying force. She’s a Juilliard-trained violinist who specializes in speed-metal readings of classical pieces. She’s likely the fastest guitarist of all time." - By Emily H, Upbeat News https://upbeatnews.com/these-female-guitarists-shred-like-no-other/36 -
"Beethoven's legacy and spirit lives today in a woman's body, guitarist The Great Kat who mixes music classical and shredding guitar with lots of eccentricity." "The Great Kat: Guitarras Velozes E Louvor A Beethoven" (The Great Kat: Fast Guitars And Praise To Beethoven") by Clovis Roman! DIARIO INDUSTRIA & COMERCIO https://www.diarioinduscom.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Diario-13-10-2021.pdf "The Great Kat plays a brutally shredded rendition of Paganini. Pure talent & guitar mastery, from speed, notes, everything done without missing a step. It truly is incredible what she’s able to do at such velocity on the guitar. Just pure guitar finesse and skill the likes really seen. If you think Thrash Metal guitarists are hardcore? Then you ain’t seen NOTHING yet! This woman would destroy half of the Thrash Metal bands without breaking a sweat! It’s absolutely unreal. If you’re a fan of fast-paced shredding, then this is definitely the place for you! What a work of art! Definitely go check this track out! It’s fast, relentless, brutal and unforgiving! Go support her and all her work!" Asphyxium Zine Corban Skipwith http://aeafanzine.blogspot.com/2021/10/video-review-great-kat-offenbach.html VERSUS MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS THE GREAT KAT in "Grande Selvajaria (Great Savagery)" "The Great Kat. An absolute genius? No doubt!" VERSUS MAGAZINE https://issuu.com/versusmagazineoficial/docs/versus_58/92 "The Great Kat. Worship me Or Die! Some of the fastest speed metal guitar fretwork I've ever heard then. Or since. An institutional grade Cuisinart could not shred speed metal lead guitar like The Great Kat. I kept putting the needle back at the beginning of her guitar solos; What the hell did I just hear? The Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is a Julliard-trained classical musician, which other than actual demonic influence might explain her amazing fretboard dexterity. She played classical music before crossing over to metal. She plays both violin and guitar. Her skill getting even more shockingly fast with each new album. And The Great Kat is still showing the boys how it's done. This is her latest, "Shredssissimo" (2021)." History's Dumpster https://historysdumpster.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-great-kat-worship-me-or-die.html
-"Brindisi Waltz the Drinking Song" impresses with incredible tension. THE GREAT KAT draws its inspiration from herself! It shines ... in every respect - in terms of variety, innovation, intensity ... Powerful and yet gentle, tricky and yet catchy, chaotic and yet subordinated to an order, sick, but beautiful! THE GREAT KAT set their limits only herself."-Thomas, KOBZR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORjdyTfVfPo & https://www.kobzr-magazine.de/cd-reviews/g/the-great-kat-brindisi-waltz-the-drinking-song/
-ROCKA ROLLA WEBZINE'S REVIEW of THE GREAT KAT'S "BRINDISI WALTZ - THE DRINKING SONG" CD SINGLE! "Our friend Katherine Thomas never ceases to surprise us. Again with a single and a piece for piano and violin, what seems to be her new inclination, beyond the guitar. And again it leaves us speechless for its phenomenal performance, destroying notes at supersonic speed"
Javier Salaverry, ROCKA ROLLA

-"The Great Kat Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture will simply blow your mind. Featuring one of the fastest, most talented guitar players you've seen in your life. The light-speed fury at which The Great Kat's fingers fly over the frets will leave you wondering how the guitar neck didn't burst into flames as she played. The Great Kat's Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overture is wall-to-wall fun, a warped presentation by an amazing artist. You've got to see this one to believe it." R. Scott Bolton, Rough Edge Mag

-"Sonic violence and producing neck-breaking thrash metal. The Great Kat’s Satan Says EP in its original 12" form. I jumped at the chance to procure this piece, which I consider to be a part of American heavy metal history." - Statik Noize
-"The Great Kat is a Juilliard graduate who gives mind-blowing twists to classical masterpieces. Must-watch videos: Flight of the Bumblebee, William Tell Overture, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5." - Nikhil Sen, The Telegraph
-Swindon, England Photographer Richard Wintle’s (Calyx Picture Agency) New Book: "A picture is only the start of the story . . ." Features The Great Kat Violin/Guitar Goddess (Katherine Thomas, born in Swindon, England)! "Katherine Thomas played at Thamesdown-Hambro festival and wowed an audience with classical violin pieces" - Swindon, England Photographer Richard Wintle’s new Book "A picture is only the start of the story . . ." Calyx Picture Agency Available on Amazon US at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1906978824 Amazon UK at https://www.amazon.co.uk/picture-only-start-story/dp/1906978824/ Info at https://calyxpix.com/2020/03/20/at-last-a-book/ and https://calyxpix.com/2020/03/20/at-last-a-book/img_00001-copy/ and https://calyxpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_00001-copy.jpg
-"GUITAR GODDESS: TOP TEN FEMALE GUITARISTS" - Xuehua (China)
"The Great Kat incorporated Beethoven's music into the extremely fast metal. The Great Kat was named one of the 'fastest guitarists in history'"

-Polvora Names The Great Kat "10 WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF ROCK AND METAL" "The Great Kat. Born as Katherine Thomas, the diminutive performer who can tear your windpipe and eardrums, her stunning make-up and sadomasochistic attire make her look like the schizophrenic little sister of the WASP leader, Blackie Lawless, and therefore, like a scary little character. This lasts until she plays her guitar. Formally trained at the elite and well-known Juilliard, she has played her versions of the classics of musical geniuses such as Mozart or Beethoven and her own hypervelocity compositions. One Great Kat is worth and influences much more than a thousand guitar heroes. A woman playing a supposed 'men's game' cleaning the sidewalk with male competition." - By Sergio Pescador, Polvora
-"The Great Kat unleashes her version of Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2. Just when you thought she couldn't go any faster, she goes faster still. Just when you thought she couldn't get more bombastic, she proves you wrong and dazzles you in a hurricane swirl of notes and chops that are mind boggling. She is The Great Kat, and she's at it again, this time with a 'male hunk band' and the genius of Liszt at the ready. A classically trained violinist and Juilliard School graduate, The Great Kat brought her classical training to heavy metal, and has since delighted music and guitar lovers alike with her sizzling and blazingly nimble renditions of many of the great and well-loved pieces of classical music history. And her newest endeavor is Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 and even lovers of this traditional song will never hear it the same way again. The mesmerizing new video features the rapid speed action that The Great Kat is legendary for - you have to see it - and hear it - to believe it." - Melanie Falina, AXS
-GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT “50 SENSATIONAL FEMALE GUITARISTS”! “The Great Kat. This Juilliard-trained violinist’s turbocharged, speed-metal readings of classical pieces were pretty astounding when she first appeared…They’re still impressive, in fact, and Kat (born Katherine Thomas) may be one of the fastest guitarists of all time.” – Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

"ALL-UNIQUE" NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE 10 FASTEST GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD"
"The Great Kat is the stage name of the popular Katherine Thomas, the reason being her performance in thrash metal music with classical music." "ALL-UNIQUE"

-"I signed to Roadrunner The Great Kat, which was probably even more controversial [than the band "Poison"]. While at Enigma [Records} I heard The Great Kat's 3 song tape. It was this blistering thrash metal with violin solos from a Juilliard graduate. I sent a postcard and said "It sounds great!" One day, The Great Kat showed up in California at the office, without any warning and she was just a trip! When I went to Roadrunner, I spoke to Cees Wessels about The Great Kat and he agreed we should sign her, which we did. She may have alienated many people along the way, but I have no regrets whatsoever about signing The Great Kat and I am proud to have worked with." - Steev Riccardo "Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico" iTunes Podcast Episode 3 Music Industry Veteran Discusses Signing The Great Kat!
-The Great Kat Named “The 10 Fastest Guitarists in the World” in Nusantara Culture! “List of the fastest guitarists in the world that exist today. The Great Kat is popular because of her performance in Thrash Metal music with classical music”- Nusantara Culture
-"'Worship Me or Die', was Great Kat's ferocious initiation into the speed metal scene. The album featured eleven original tracks, all showcasing Kat's impressive guitar skills, later on used to bring back classical music to the masses. 'Beethoven on Speed' showcase The Great Kat's unique mixture of classical compositions and speed-metal madness. Based on the works of her greatest inspiration, Ludwig Van Beethoven (with an addition of one song by Paganini), the record featured over 30 minutes of insanely fast guitar shreds and a powerful message to stimulate the listeners' minds with the metal reincarnation of classical motifs." - MetalMind Productions
-"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
-"Beethoven - reincarnated – as the fastest guitar/violin shredder in history… The Great Kat!" - Rock Confidential

"THE GREAT KAT PREVIEWS NEW SHRED/CLASSICAL DVD — VIDEO"! "Longtime shredder (on both violin and guitar) the Great Kat has released a brief preview of her upcoming shred/classical DVD. The DVD is expected to be released in 2016. The DVD will feature the Great Kat's shred take on Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” and more. In the preview clip below, Kat plays Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons." We've also thrown in a bit of Paganini's Caprice #24. Enjoy!" - Damian Fanelli, Guitar World Magazine

"Kat (born Katherine Thomas) may be one of the fastest guitarists of all time.” - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

-"THE GREAT KAT INTERVIEW – SHREDDING HER WAY THROUGH CLASSICAL MUSIC" - MY GLOBAL MIND MAGAZINE
"She is one of the greatest guitarists of our planet: THE GREAT KAT. Any questions? Not really, right? The virtuoso on the guitar is a multi-talent. Be it as a composer, violinist or guitarist, THE GREAT KAT does not do things by halves. She is known for that and they love her fans around the world and adore her. The GREAT KAT'S interpretation of "Vivaldi's The Four Seasons" is extremely successful. The work is celebrated in breathtaking speed and, believe it or not, it is coherent. Anyone who thinks that Vivaldi's work will simply be shredded down in record time is mistaken. The track has its moments. Sometimes epic, sometimes dramatic and packed in just over two minutes. Everyone should get their own picture and listen in, there's standing ovation for me." Thomas, KOBZR Metal News

-The Great Kat. 'Wagner's War'. Terrifying screams of Katherine and killing guitar’s riffs that pass to speed-thrash-metal gunfire full of virtuosic solos (in neoclassical style) and the aggressive shouts of “Kill !, Kill !, Kill!”. A sharp and ultra-fast playing of the guitars. Artillery of the guitar riffs and ultra-fast guitar-violin solos like from a Classical Music in the style of Paganini and Vivaldi. Franz Liszt “Hungarian Rhapsody no 2”, of course in a faster and more aggressive pace. It is dominated by the symphonic orchestrations with the ultra-fast guitar-violin solos. “Zapateado” belonged to the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate, but as usual the version of THE GREAT KAT in metal and symphonic version – accelerated with very huge dose of insane and fury as well as with murderous sounds." Gnom, Metal Centre

-XWTOUTIAO (China) NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE HISTORY OF TEN SPEED HEROES"! "The Great Kat. The sexy cat in the crash. Her works exaggerated, God gave her the strength. God, the devil was born." - Xwtoutiao
-"Adulation of The Great Kat. Fastest female guitarist ever - a true shred merchant. Impulsive and compulsive, fastidious, perfidious, perfectionist of immoral rectitude." - Michael "MettleAngel" Francisco, Antichrist Magazine

-"If you are a guitar aficionado, you can definitely handle some finger-melting guitar shredding, but can you handle the fastest, meanest and most provocative guitarist in the entire Metal scene? Hell yeah, The Great Kat has been exactly that, and has tormenting guitars and violins which can hardly keep up with her face-melting shreds." - by Dimitris Kontogeorgakos, Metal Kaoz
- 20minutos.es NAMES THE GREAT KAT "ROCKERAS MAS BELLAS" - 20minutos.es
="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
-"One true originator of the Metal-Classical interbreeding...THE GREAT KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rossini's Rape. Musically, she shreds, she kills, she blazes, un-remorseful, unrepentant and unashamed. Uber-fast, crushing and deadly, THE GREAT KAT leaves no survivors. BLOODY VIVALDI is quintessential hyper-speed, hyper shred by the great one herself. Ultra-technical virtuosity combined with inhuman shrieks these classical interpretations will cave in your skull. The orchestral and violence mixes with flair." - JP, Metal Rules
"WOMEN ROCK - # 36 - The Great Kat. Her transcriptions of the great composers of the past sonatas for violin on the six strings are furious. Satan Says reminds you a musician able to "shred" very high speed, combining technical and physicality. Worship Me or Die! technique, combined with an image deeply sexy and aggressive. Beethoven on Speed blend of the classic and speed-thrash. Many, many notes to stun the listener. Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed; Guitar Goddess; Bloody Vivaldi, Rossini's Rape; Wagner's War; Beethoven Shreds, Extreme Guitar Shred and Beethoven's Guitar Shred. All this, always full use of classical scores. The image is Dominatrix sexual-satanic." - Francesco Gallina "Raven", Metallized
-"The Great Kat, a Juilliard-trained virtuoso on guitar and violin, would like it to be known that no snowstorm currently crippling the Northeast is going to stop her from shredding as a woman of such talents could and—at least in certain instances—should. Galleries and museums might be closed, but the Great Kat has sounds on offer on her website, sure to warm up any snow day.Consider them in advance of what the news release promises is a “NEW GREAT KAT SHREDCLASSICAL DVD COMING in 2017,” with takes on Vivaldi, Liszt, Sarasate, Bazzini, and more. Other points of distinction include the honor of being named one of the “TOP 10 FASTEST SHREDDERS OF ALL TIME” by Guitar One magazine and a song, “Right Brain Lover,” purportedly created in collaboration with Timothy Leary. (The existence of the song has an air of mystery about it, but there is record of it in Leary’s papers in the New York Public Library.)" - By Andy Battaglia, ARTNEWS
-"ITS ENTERTAINMENT" NAMES THE GREAT KAT "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS"!
"When people hear The Great Kat, they come into a state of musical ecstasy. During her concerts, she is known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music." -Its Entertainment
-OMG NEWS TODAY NAMES THE GREAT KAT "HOT WOMEN ROCK STARS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GUITAR GENIUSES"!
"The Great Kat. Katherine Thomas took on the stage name The Great Kat for her music career. She trained classically as a violinist at the Juilliard School before turning to metal guitar, and was voted as one of the fastest guitarists of all time by Guitar World Magazine. She released a DVD called Beethoven’s Guitar Shred which met with rave reviews. Her metal versions of many classical numbers such as The Flight of the Bumblebee, Paganini’s Caprice#24 and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. All this and she is a hot and busty blonde. Full of attitude, her sexiness might scare you." - by Victor Shvarts, OMG News Today

-THE GREAT KAT NAMED "TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS" by Tengib.com! "The Great Kat. Her shred metal translations of Classical music presented her in the list of "Top 10 Fastest Shredders"!
-"One of my favorites is the high-octane guitar shredder, The Great Kat. She reckons she's saving Classical music for the YouTube generation, who want their music fast and furious. She plays Beethoven's '5th Symphony' in 1 minute, 14 seconds! WHAT?? Yep! We live in an age of speed. Fast and furioso for sure!" - Nikki Bedi, BBC RADIO’S "THE ARTS HOUR"

-"Video: The Great Kat shreds Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. The classically trained Katherine Thomas is one of the fastest guitar players in the world. The Great Kat once said that she was the reincarnation of Beethoven. The Great Kat, a.k.a. Katherine Thomas, has made a name for herself with her rather unusual interpretations of classical music, not to mention her outlandish album covers. A speed-metal artist, the Great Kat was listed as one of Guitar One magazine's fastest shredders of all time. She's actually a Juilliard School trained classical violinist. Below, you can see a death-metal video that she posted this weekend in honour of the 336th birth anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach. Yes, this video is real: the Great Kat offers her rendition of a Bach classic. It's his Brandenburg Concerto #3—unlike any version you've ever heard before." - by Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight https://www.straight.com/music/video-great-kat-shreds-bachs-brandenburg-concerto-3
-"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." - Bryan Martin, Cry Of The Wolf Blog

-"The more you know about The Great Kat, the more she seems like a walking, talking unifying theory of women and rock guitar." - David Segal, The Washington Post

-"The Great Kat. 'Bloody Vivaldi'. As the music Antonio Vivaldi often caressed my ears, so the more I was curious what the bloodthirsty Katherine Thomas made this time. Surely many Metal fans reach for the original versions of the songs (even out of curiosity) thanks to the achievements of THE GREAT KAT. Metal-orchestral variation of “The Four Seasons”. When THE GREAT KAT added the guitars riffs as well as the guitar-violin solos in its arrangements then the each of the emotions shown in the original masterpiece was enhanced. Proof of virtuosity of Katherine Thomas. 'Torture Chamber' ultra-fast guitar riffs, razor-sharp licks and the masterly parties (with neoclassical breath) form totally crazy and possessed the wall of sound. “Carmen Fantasy” full of guitar riffs and masterly guitar-violin solos." - By Gnom, Metal Centre
-"The Great Kat remains one of the most interesting women in heavy metal. Born Katherine Thomas, The Great Kat worked to be the fastest neo classical guitarist on the planet. Kat is a classically trained violinist, graduating from the Juilliard School and achieved headlines when she said that she was the reincarnation of Beethoven." - by Simon Lukic, Stack Magazine

THE GREAT KAT in Radio Rockova Republika's TOP 7 "FASTEST GUITARISTS" LIST! http://www.rockovarepublika.sk/najrychlejsi-gitaristi/ "THE GREAT KAT ranks among the fastest shredders of all time. She studied classical music. The Great Kat considers herself the reincarnation of Beethoven. Once she even declared herself God. She also claims to be the only guitar-violin virtuoso since Paganini." - Rocker.sk
"The Great Kat. Mozart, Beethoven, Bach And Shred. Beethoven’s Moonlight Mosh, an aggressive beast. Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro Overture seems almost epic. THE GREAT KAT convinces with a tough, excellent mix of shredding & classical. Kneel in front of the system with the final Paganini's Moto Perpetuo For Guitar And Violin and your jaw hanging open." by Thomas Müller , KOBZR Magazine Read at https://www.kobzr-magazine.de/cd-reviews/g/the-great-kat-mozart-beethoven-bach-and-shred/ "THE GREAT KAT. A musician with incredible musical training, a graduate of the famous Juilliard, a guitar and violin virtuoso. Amazing ability to marry classical music with shred. 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Mozart and 'Moto Perpetuo for Guitar And Violin' by Paganini will leave you with your mouth hanging open. GODDESS is now reaching perfection. We humbly bow to the greatness of GODDESS. Now have the opportunity to see the light! WORSHIP HER OR DIE!" - by Thodoris Clonis with Sakis Fragos, publisher/chief editor of ROCK HARD Greece https://rockhard.space/the-great-kat-mozart-beethoven-bach-and-shred-tpr-music/
-"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

- KOBZR'S REVIEW of Great Kat's MOZART'S "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO OVERTURE"! "THE GREAT KAT gives herself to her music with great enthusiasm, heart and blood and with great attention to detail produces a work that is timeless with its sound" Thomas, KOBZR https://www.kobzr-magazine.de/cd-reviews/g/the-great-kat-mozart-s-the-marriage-of-figaro-overture/ "The Great Kat loves to play with contrasts and pursue a skillful strategy to ultimately construct the opposite of an inseparable whole. At times, the sound particles float out of the speakers like fog to powerfully groove in another place."- kobzr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowjGrlQgcs
-"In honor of the great Paganini anniversary, we offer the British-American violin and guitar virtuoso Katherine Thomas, better known as The Great Kat, a show out of the ordinary. If anyone wants to know more about The Great Kat, her "shred / classical music" and highly personal interpretations of, among others Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner and Liszt, recommended the following website: http://www.greatkat.com And right there: Happy 233rd anniversary, Niccolò!" - Johan Arenbo, Zero Magazine
"WORLD'S FASTEST GUITARISTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY. The Great Kat is a classically trained violinist who graduated from the Juilliard School. Kat is listed as one of the 'Top Shredders of All Time' by Guitar One Magazine and many media who have known her performances have praised the speed and clarity of her playing." - RegenciPedia
-IISALMEN SANOMAT (Finland) NAMES THE GREAT KAT "SHOCK TREATMENT: 10 SHOCK ROCK ALBUMS"! "The Great Kat. Worship Me Or Die! England born Katherine Thomas went down in history as The Great Kat. Classical music trained violinist changed to sophisticated shred expression on electric guitar, leather, spikes and metal obscenity. Gigs with buckets of blood on her head, The Great Kat is a quagmire of her time with great guitar heroes and said she was Beethoven reincarnated . Clear shock rock - material!" - Markus Makkonen, IISALMEN SANOMAT
-ROCKER.SK NAMES THE GREAT KAT "FASTEST GUITARISTS. Fastest Guitarists. The Great Kat. Ranks among the fastest shredders of all time. She studied classical music and does not play typical thrash metal on the guitar. Instead, she transforms familiar songs from classical music and creates original tunes. The Great Kat considers herself the reincarnation of Beethoven. Once she even declared herself God. She also claims to be the only guitar-violin virtuoso since Paganini. The Great Kat uses the Paganini technique that consists of Kat playing with fingers like claws. It is always the dominant driver for classical shredding on guitar with classical technique from the fiddle." - by Jane Blake, Rocker.sk
-"8 BBC RADIO DOCS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC. 1. Shredding isn't just showing off. In Fast and Furioso, conductor Rainer Hersch meets virtuoso musicians from all walks of musical life to ask whether there's a corollary between the ability to play extremely complicated pieces at high speed - anything from Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee to a speed metal version of Beethoven's 5th by The Great Kat condensed into 74 seconds." - BBC Radio
-"The Great Kat. Rossini William Tell Overture, aggressiveness with combination of the ultra-fast pace as well as with the maniacal madness. Bazzini “The Round of the Goblins” song, of course, is very fast, faster than the original." - Pawel, Metal Centre

-"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
-"Speed demon guitar icon, a Heavy Metal character playing at the speed of light and shredding pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini and Bach. The Great Kat is a band like few that deserved a place in the wide world scene. One of the most extreme records that you might hear is 'Worship Me Or Die', which contains one of the most resounding successes of thrash underground of the time. "Metal Messiah" a true metal anthem played at breakneck speed. THE GREAT KAT is a band that deserves to be remembered by metalheads in the world. THE GREAT KAT is highly recommended." - Fanzine Utopia
-"The Great Kat - Beethoven Shreds. THE GREAT KAT is an absolute institution, when it comes to fast stringed instruments. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The third Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. Sounds crazy? It is! She is and remains simply unique! I for one am and remain a KAT-slave." Sascha S, Reaperzine
-“The Great Kat - "Flight of the Bumblebee". Brilliant and amazing. She is the fastest female guitar player in the world and has revolutionized the guitar industry by playing classical greats to heavy, thrashing guitar riffs.”
Beth Bruce, Local Music Play

"The Great Kat. If you like Heavy sounds, coupled with a speed that is unparalleled, then The Great Kat is for you. If you have not dared to play classical music before, you have the chance now. But watch out, the speed is hellish!" Thrasher Joe, The Thrasher Blog
-Glitzyworld Features The Great Kat in "Top 10 Most Famous Women Rockers"! YouTube Video at https://youtu.be/l9suIaWuk8o
-"Famous Classical Songs You Recognize. Flight of the Bumblebee. This piece of classical music has been featured in pop culture over the years, everywhere from version played on The Muppet Show to a thrash metal version created by the Great Kat." -Worced.com
-"The Great Kat. Wagner's War. Everything rips by at a blistering pace with her majesty displaying why she was recently voted one of the top 10 shredders of all time. She’s hot, she shreds and she WILL kick your ass. Not many metal fans are man enough to even comprehend what she is trying to do. Shredder paradise." JP, Metal Rules

-"the Great Kat, the only woman named in Guitar One magazine's list of the 'top ten fastest shredders of all time.'" - David Segal, The Washington Post

-"Artist Spotlight - The Great Kat. One of the world's greatest and fastest, if not THE greatest and fastest guitar shredders is The Great Kat. She is a Julliard graduate Violin Virtuoso and multi-talented Goddess who has won numerous awards and performed all over the world. She has become the revolutionary metal guitarist/violinist and 1 of the world's fastest guitar shredders. One example would be her playing Flight of the Bumblebee http://localmusicplay.com/main/64/ " Beth Bruce, LOCAL MUSIC PLAY
-"Little time for Beethoven? Juilliard-trained speed-metal guitarist @greatkatguitar can help" - PENN STATE CENTER for the PERFORMING ARTS

-"TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN ROCKERS. Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat). When people hear The Great Kat, they come into a state of musical ecstasy. And due to the fact that, during her concerts, she is known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music. And these thrash metal interpretations introduced added her name in the list of 'Top 10 Fastest Shredders of all Time'." - Glitzyworld

-"TOP FEMALE GUITARISTS WITH AMAZING GUITAR PLAYING SKILLS. Watch: The Great Kat: Juilliard-trained violinist, she is amazingly fast shredder" ["Beethoven Mosh" Music Video] - KeytarHQ
-"Born in England, raised in New York, Juilliard graduate the Great Kat is a guitarist on a mission – to play pieces of classical music fast. Very fast. The high-octane guitar shredder is known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known classical compositions; she can play the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in one minute and 14 seconds." -Rainer Hersch, BBC Culture

-"The Great Kat's version of Rossini's "William Tell Overture" so exceptional and so, so fast, any Metronome Makers need to invent a Speed Metal Metronome and call it Speed Vixen Kat. No other person can drench music over me and it leaves me profoundly changed like The Great Kat. She personifies a Scandinavian Goddess, Her Crossbow - Her Guitar, Her dominatrix outfit and Ambient Person incandescent, like a Sky Goddess having Blokes eating out of Her Hands. Our Hero the brilliant Great Kat, the world's fastest female guitarist, the Female Genius of our modern Era. Kat you certainly inspire my love of music and history. Rock on Coaxing Siren." - Naja Kemp, Peter Kemp's Theatre

-"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
-"Behold! The great Kat has released photo stills from her upcoming "Terror" Video. All will kneel and worship at the feet of the goddess of shred. The Empress of speed metal. The queen of all guitars!" - Bryan Martin, Cry Of The Wolf Blog

-"The Great Kat, the shredder who made her name with virtuoso speed-metal renditions of classical compositions." - Metal Hammer Magazine

-"Katherine Thomas, aka lunatic shred-guitarist The Great Kat, was born in Swindon and claimed to be the reincarnation of Beethoven. Put that in your comedic-value pipe and smoke it!" Geoff Barton, Classic Rock Magazine

-"The Great Kat. You can play SO FAST! WOW! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!" - Jay Thomas, The Jay Thomas Show on SiriusXM Indie Ch 102

-THE GREAT KAT WINS GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE'S "WHO PLAYS THE FASTEST" Reader Poll with 27%!! (11/25/14) -Guitar Player Magazine's Reader Poll
-"The Great Kat. Beastly in the best sense, ferocious violin virtuoso and lightning-clawed guitar shredder. Displays of seemingly impossible technical wizardry." - Mike McPadden, VH1
-"The Great Kat/Rossini's 'William Tell Overture' Music Video will be featured on the upcoming new virtuoso Great Kat DVD arriving later in 2016. Get more info on the world's greatest guitar shredder at: http://www.greatkat.com " Gaz, Uber Rock
-"She is A sonic, sorceress of the shred guitar. A universally acclaimed leader in over the top superior guitar genius. She is loud, she is proud, she is ...THE GREAT KAT!!!!! Hail to the Great Kat." - Bryan Martin, Cry Of The Wolf Metal Blog.

-"The Great Kat – the fastest heavy metal guitar virtuoso in the world – is bringing her unique personality, wit and humor to Rock Confidential! Her new advice column, The Great Kat Screams!, is finally here! Fans sent in questions from all over the world to The Great Kat, exclusively through Rock Confidential. Scroll through the questions and step into the wild world of The Great Kat!" - Jesse Capps, Rock Confidential

-"MERMAID VIOLIN GODDESS THE GREAT KAT SHREDS UNDERWATER"! "Just when you think you’ve seen everything from wild shredder The Great Kat, check out these unbelievable photos of the speed vixen performing underwater!"
Jesse Capps, Rock Confidential

-"Thrash metal queen The Great Kat. The Great Kat. Classically trained Kat is most famous for her high speed interpretations of pieces of classical music. Named one of the fastest shredders of all time. Kat’s persona is tongue-in-cheek and played for fun, but her talent is for real. Classical music. Speed metal style." - Itcher Magazine

-"The Great Kat. TOP 10 SHRED GUITAR HEROES. The Great Kat -- sexy wildcat shredder. The spitting image of a violent nymphomaniac. God actually has given her speed playing strength. God, the Devil was born." - Bopian.com (China)
"A TRUE feminist icon Guitar Goddess, egomaniac and self professed Reincarnation of Beethoven herself, THE GREAT KAT had a rebuttal of her own for the stuffed shirt syndicate." (Cut to The Great Kat's outrageous dominating on the famous Metal Episode of The Morton Downey Jr. Show) -Razorfist, RazorFist's "Sexism in Metal (And Other Fables) - A Rant" Features The Great Kat!

-“The Great Kat - is like a force of nature in both her everyday life and in the music world. She tells Matt Chapman how a Judas Priest music video led her to become one of the fastest guitarists alive.” - MyM Magazine - Movies, Anime, Manga, Games & More - Issue #34

-"The Great Kat. Overwhelming musical talent. Appearing on stage in outrageous outfits and dominatrix gear. Performing and recording wickedly fast covers of classics." - Addison Herron-Wheeler, "Wicked Woman" Book.
-"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, Classical Minnesota Public Radio
-"Ten Women Composers and Guitarists In The Last 20 Years. The Great Kat is the pseudonym of Katherine Thomas. Speed metal guitarist. She is known for her thrash performances of well-known classical music. In most of them she interprets with the electric guitar, but sometimes uses the violin." - Yessica Mendez, Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico)
-"Is this real? I want it to be real. Great Kat ,Timothy Leary song 'Right Brain Lover'" "So, shred mistress of all life The Great Kat has released cryptic news of a recording she did in 1984 with famed acid guru and psychedelic psychology space warrior Timothy Leary." - Morgan Y. Evans, Metal Riot
-"Issue 33 of MyM is out now! Featuring crazy guitarist (and the reincarnation of Beethoven!) The Great Kat. We're grilling one of the fastest guitar players alive (page 82)." - Matt Chapman, MyM Magazine

- "TOP 10 GREATEST SPEED GUITAR HEROES. THE GREAT KAT -- SEXY WILDCAT SHREDDER" - Bopian.com (China)

-"It's the Great Kat and your not worthy of her awesomeness! The Great Kat is just about to SHRED YOUR FACE OFF! Seriously awesome!" - Network Awesome

-"Longtime shredder (on both violin and guitar) the Great Kat has released a brief preview of her upcoming shred/classical DVD—and you can check it out below. The DVD is expected to be released in 2015. The DVD will feature the Great Kat's shred take on Vivaldi’s 'The Four Seasons', Rossini’s 'William Tell Overture' and more. In the preview clip below, Kat plays Vivaldi’s 'The Four Seasons.' We've also thrown in a bit of Paganini's Caprice #24. Enjoy!" - by Damian Fanelli, Guitar World Magazine
-"There is no confusing The Great Kat with anyone else...A fire-storm of blond hair whipping around a guitar that's smoking from ferocious fingers and a whole lot of fury. A graduate of the elite Juilliard School, The Great Kat is best known and loved (and sometimes feared) for her speed metal interpretations of the most famous and well-loved pieces of classical music." - Melanie Falina, AXS.com

-"Rhapsody's Shred Radio. The station is centered around the fleet fingers and virtuoso fretwork of wizards like The Great Kat." - Chuck Eddy, Rhapsody Shred Radio

-"The Great Kat is a double virtuoso for guitar and violin. However, unlike Paganini, she plays with insane speed. 'Goddess Shreds Live in Chicago.' Be prepared to hear audio or see video of her being worshiped by her fans for her music and for her dominatrix persona." -Marjorie LaPrade, Boston Art Examiner
-ALL JAPANESE DIARY (Japan) NAMES THE GREAT KAT "OVERSEAS WOMEN GUITARIST RANKING TOP 10"!
All Japanese Diary (Japan)
-"Yes, your typical Juilliard graduate. Katherine Thomas, of Swindon, England, changes course after playing classical violin to become known as Great Kat, one of the top guitar (and violin) shredders. Her Bloody Vivaldi, a feverish version of The Four Seasons, would certainly liven up a brunch." - Manhattan User's Guide

-"The Great Kat transforms pieces of classical music into outrageous guitar shreds, including Flight of the Bumblebee played at a blistering 300 bpm! Watch one of the world's fastest players shred on both guitars and violins as she brings the metal to these timeless compositions in seven shocking and bloody music videos straight from her torture chamber." - Midnight Pulp
-"What's new with heavy metal's favorite speed shredding goddess? The Great Kat released a music video for her version of Rossini's 'William Tell Overture.' She plays both the guitar and the violin (usually at 300 BPM), transcribes classical music for a modern twist and dominates her fans. The Great Kat loves to entertain and uses showmanship antics, the likes of which, may be compared to Jimi Hendrix. She licks the guitar and pulls it up over her head and behind her back. If this description intrigues you, you can preview a portion of the music video on iTunes and make your purchase accordingly." - By Marjorie LaPrade, Boston Art Examiner

-"Unlike anything else. The Great Kat guitarist is counted as one of the ten fastest in the world. Mythical instrumental goddess. The music may be said to be as extreme as it gets. Oh, this is fantastic. Why have I not noticed this before?"
"From A to Z with Heide Hammer. G as in GREAT KAT." - Hatpastorns likpredikan

-"BERNICE PERRY PRESENTS” TV SHOW starred Katherine Thomas, Prodigy Violin Virtuoso Soloing on "Czardas"!
"Katherine Thomas plays the violin and she's going into Carnegie Hall. Take it away Katherine. It's a pleasure to listen to you." - Bernice Perry, Bernice Perry Presents TV Show
-GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "NEED FOR SPEED: THE 50 FASTEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"! "GW exceeds the legal limit with this roundup of the 50 fastest masters of the fretboard. The Great Kat. SIGNATURE SONG: 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee'. ALBUM: Beethoven on Speed. Juilliard-trained virtuoso. Heavy leather dominatrix persona so over the top." - Guitar World Magazine
-MAXIMUM ROCK MAGAZINE NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE 25 BEST ROCK GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD"!
"The Great Kat" ("Beethoven Mosh") - Maximum Rock Magazine
-"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

"The fastest, craziest guitarist in the world The Great Kat released the album "Mozart, Beethoven, Bach And Shred". The Great Kat mixes guitars at ultrasonic speeds with violin and classical music, at inconceivable speeds."
Clovis Roman, Acesso Music https://acessomusic.com.br/2021/03/02/the-great-kat-novo-album-mozart-beethoven-bach-and-shred/

-"The Great Kat, one of the fastest guitarists (if not the fastest) in the world, with her blistering version of the William Tell Overture. It's well worth the download just to watch her play, her fingers flying across the frets in a blur, every note clear and sharp. Maximum flash and speed. The Great Kat is an artist who continues to impress." - R. Scott Bolton, Rough Edge

-"The Great Kat. Fastest track: Metal Messiah. The Great Kat deserves credit, not just for her incredible speed, but for sticking to her passion. 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.com
-CHACHI GUITAR NAMES THE GREAT KAT "GUITAR FREAKS - EXCESSES AND PARAPHERNALIA"! "The Great Kat. Kat's superpower comes from interpreting pieces by Beethoven and other classical music of the past through the blender of thrash metal and twice as fast, almost like the audio went beyond the speed limit." - Chachi Guitar

-"The Great Kat! 'William Tell Overture'. Dude, it's a fun video. Super fast playing, of course, it's The Great Kat. She's got 3 guys behind her playing the guitar, like it's an orchestra. A Lot of fun. Great tune. It's The Great Kat at her best, shredding like a maniac. William Tell Overture on iTunes."-Roch Vaillancourt, Radioactive Metal

-"The Great Kat is changing the history of music with the Digital Hyperspeed multimedia techniques she used in her new Digital Beethoven On Speed CD-ROM." - Morph's Outpost on the Digital Frontier

-"Better than sex: The Great Kat (a/k/a God) scratches her b**ch. Hyperspeed is the term the Great Kat uses to genre-ize her richly harmonic, finger-blistering electric guitar interpretations of both classical compositions and her original work. The title track of Beethoven On Speed is a reverberating rush through the master's Fifth Symphony." - Greg Baker, New Times

-"OK all you rock-n-rollers. This is The Great Kat's 'Beethoven Guitar Shred' DVD. She's the world's fastest female guitarist. On this DVD are music videos featuring Kat shredding to such classics as 'The Flight of the Bumble-Bee', a metal version of the world's most famous symphony Beethoven's "5th". Have you piqued your interest?" - Denise Pritchard, ABC-TV's Take Five & Company TV Show
-#1 IN "THE 12 BEST GUITARISTS OF THE WORLD." "1st Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat). The Great Kat is best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music." - Leonardo Martins Moraes, Guitarra Atalho
-"THE GREAT KAT attempts to set the world afire with her self-proclaimed genius. Imagine Beethoven and Paganini rendered at hyperspeed with a gnarly sledgehammer fulla heavy metal crunch. Imagine the great classics of the ages brought to our post-modern era of toxic-dumpsites and MTV, thanks in total to the single-minded persistence of one loud, proud and insane female" - Seconds Magazine
-'The Great Kat' strikes a Beethovenian pose. Forget 'Roll Over Beethoven.' the master has been subjected to a version of his Fifth Symphony called Beethoven On Speed, created by one who bills herself as 'The Great Kat.' A Juilliard graduate still based in the Big Apple, 'Kat' has combined classical music with 'music of the 21st century' to come up with a genre she calls 'Hyperspeed.'" - Classical Magazine
-"The Great Kat's 'Beethoven's Guitar Shred' DVD features close-ups of her rapid finger work. If you like the musical revolution of metal/classical fusion, you'll love it. 'The Flight of the Bumble-Bee.' This is your chance to see her play both the guitar and the violin with equal skill and speed. 'Paganini's 'Caprice #24.' We see her show her mastery on both guitar and violin. The speed of the violin and guitar makes me think of Charlie Daniel's Band's 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' and Tenacious D's 'Rock Off.'" - Marjorie LaPrade, Examiner.com

-"In a textbook display of how advertising is much different in the U.K., Tag Europe and Tesco — the world’s second largest retailer — used the music of The Great Kat in their ad for Call of Duty: Ghosts to add a sense of drama and urgency to the spot. In America, you don’t use the music of classically-trained virtuosos to sell video games, you use Eminem. The 20 second spot scores The Great Kat‘s rendition of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” to its footage of players enjoying the game." - Erik Oster, Mediabistro

"With phenomenal speed, Kat thrashes through classical figures. The Great Kat loves the smell of napalm in the morning. Her version of ‘Flight of the Valkyries' transforms Wotan's corpse collecting maidens into warrior princesses whose arena-rock howls would make Siegfried quiver." Neva Chonin, San Francisco Chronicle
-"The Great Kat. Her new video for the 'William Tell Overture' is currently burning up iTunes and is something that every metal head and classical music lover needs to see." - Melanie Falina, AXS.com

-"10 HOTTEST SUPER BOWL PHOTOSHOOTS" NAMES THE GREAT KAT in their TOP 10 LIST by "In My Group" Celebrity Site! "The Great Kat rock band dressed up in as Quarterback Shredder, Cheerleader Goddess, Hot Shred Running Back and Fantasy Football Shred Goddess. Their special edition calendar is for sale." - In My Group Celebrity Site

-"KAT SCRATCH FEVER. Crazy Kat, mistress of metal. The Great Kat - an obsessive flurry of loudness and leather who makes it her mission to distill the likes of Beethoven and Paganini into a super-fast, super-loud essence that she has dubbed 'hyperspeed.'" -Stephen J. Dubner, New York Magazine
-"The Great Kat. This chick is amazing! Classically trained musician, that decided one day she was going to be a guitar shredder. And boy oh boy is she a guitar shredder! She's just so fast, I don't even know how to begin to describe what this woman is capable of. She's so good. ALL HAIL THE GREAT KAT! Definitely recommend you check that stuff out." - Surface, Sephirotic TV
-The Great Kat Named "GUITAR A TO Z: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME - HEAVY METAL" -"Guitarra de A a Z"

-"The Great Kat. Rossini's 'William Tell Overture' for Symphony Orchestra & band plays like the sci-fi soundtrack to a William Gibson version of the Lone Ranger and Bazzini's 'The Round of the Goblins' for violin, piano and band is a dizzying cornucopia of mayhem and madness." - R. Scott Bolton, Rough Edge Magazine

-"Talking with the Great Kat is like trying to communicate with the possessed character in THE EXORCIST. The former Katherine Thomas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, has made a name for herself by creating controversy wherever she can, whether it's within the grooves of her album WORSHIP ME OR DIE! or doing phone interviews with unsuspecting journalists from Cleveland. Kat doesn't talk. She screams." Marc Holan, Cleveland Scene Magazine

-"Katherine Thomas. She is considered a magnificent soloist who performs her interpretations with vibrant precision." - El Norte Newspaper (Monterrey, Mexico)
-"Triumph for the Violinist Katherine Thomas. Katherine Thomas played the violin with a powerful and warm sound, perfect technique and style and with authentic interpretation of each piece." - Noticias del Mundo

-"Violinist Katherine Thomas. Prowling the stage more in the style of a rock star than classical maestro she delighted the audience with a stunning display of technique and skill." - Swindon (England) Evening Advertiser

-"The program came to a blazing conclusion with violinist Katherine Thomas' songful playing Kreisler's 'Caprice Viennoise' followed by the fireworks of the Wieniawski 'Polonaise Brilliante'" - Great Neck News Magazine

-"Katherine Thomas. From the first moment electrified the audience with her secure musicianship, powerful and warm violin sound, accomplished technique and stylistic insight." - Canales Magazine

-"Katherine Thomas, famous English violinist gave a brilliant recital. She ended the program with Polonaise Brilliante by Wieniawski and the audience rewarded her with such a strong ovation, that she was not permitted to leave the stage for several minutes." - Tribuna de Monterrey (Mexico)
-"Distinguished violinist Katherine Thomas, will perform as a soloist during the Gala Concert offered by La Orquesta Sinfonica de Coahuila, celebrating in the capital the National Congress Convention. This concert was agreed upon by the Governor of the State, Professor Oscar Flores Tapia" - El Sol Del Norte (Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico)

-BUZZFEED NAMES THE GREAT KAT "THE 13 MOST POWERFUL 'O' FACES OF ROCK"! "3. The Great Kat." - Dorsey Shaw, BuzzFeed

-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 commercial for 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' features your music and is a perfect fit." - Melanie Falina, AXS.com

-"The Great Kat. Rossini's 'William Tell Overture'. A hyper-fast interpretation executed by a symphony orchestra (for which the mighty speed guitar goddess is responsible) and the band. Your ears will start to bleed by the insane violin-parts and galloping guitar riffs performed." - Encomium Magazine

-"THE GREAT KAT. Bloody Vivaldi. 4 STARS. She plays his 'Four Seasons' at an amazing pace on not only guitar but also violin so precise yet so fast that Itzhak Perlman most likely wouldn't even try to compete against it. Every music aficionado would be completely struck in awe after hearing her." - Gothic Times
-"The Great Kat shines because of the conspicuous capacity she has to play some instruments like the guitar, the violin, the violas. Listen to Rossini's William Tell Overture' and Bazzini's 'The Round of the Goblins', which are very intense and we have to admit both of them have a pleasant peculiarity which you'll enjoy to listen for sure." Prelude to Darkness Webzine

"Only The Great Kat that lightning speed demon would have the guts enough to cover Beethoven on metal guitar. Lo and behold, on Beethoven On Speed, she offers a hyperspeed version of old Ludwig Van's Fifth Symphony. Blazing fast version of 'Flight of the Bumble-Bee'"- EC Rocker
-The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) named "The New Woman To Watch" for two consecutive years by New Woman Magazine.

-"HEAVY METAL: THE MUSIC AND ITS CULTURE" BOOK FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "MAKING THE MUSIC: METAL GODS" - CHAPTER 3! "The Great Kat. Trained as a classical violinist at Juilliard, Kat, who played at Carnegie Hall, is a speed-metal guitarist. Her style evokes the image of Paganini as a headbanger. Performing feats of technical virtuosity in her decollete leather and studs outfit." - Deena Weinstein, Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture Book
-"The Great Kat. Once a classical violinist, the Juilliard graduate now is the first and foremost practitioner of 'hyper-speed' metal, an unusually complex classical/metal fusion. She also curses like a sailor and vowed to turn all the men present at the fest into her slaves." - Chicago Sun-Times

"The Great Kat. Rossini's 'William Tell Overture.' I've always referred to this tune as 'the horse race song' but horses would clearly fall to their hooves with chest pain if they attempted racing to this version [the theme song to The Lone Ranger]. The tune combines a live symphony orchestra with MIDI instruments and one heavily amped Kat." - Liz Ciavarella, Metal Maniacs Magazine

-"The Great Kat - Wagner's War. The CD starts with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyrie totally speed up and energized, the perfect song to go to war, just like in that Oscars awarded movie: Apocalypse Now." - Fred Boschet, Heavy Metal Universe

-"THE MERCILESS BOOK OF METAL LISTS" NAMES THE GREAT KAT'S "BLOODY VIVALDI" CD "200 EMBARRASSINGLY" ALBUM COVERS"! "66. THE GREAT KAT - Bloody Vivaldi" - Howie Abrams, The Merciless Book of Metal Lists
-"THE GREAT KAT: BLOODY VIVALDI. (Rating: 5 Chalices of Blood) Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'! This classic piece receives the Great Kat treatment in a cacophonous fusion of violins, heavy metal guitars and drums. Totally f**king superb! Retaining all of the melodic glory of the original and bringing it up to date with a bang, nay, an explosion of musical dexterity and powerful passion." - LR, Bloodstone, The Magazine For Vampires
-"FRETBOARD F**KING FURY DIS OR DAT? ALERT!!! "Today we enter the world of instrumental madness with some of the biggest and most SHREDTASTIC albums, all of which were either MASSIVE sellers or MASSIVELY influential. The GREAT KAT - Worship Me Or Die. Look, just WORSHIP HER OR F**KING DIE OK??? pure Metal Madness" - Utopia Records
-SQUIDOO NAMES THE GREAT KAT ONE OF "THE WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR PLAYER"! "The Great Kat - Metal Messiah. Bloody Vivaldi by The Great Kat" - Squidoo

-"On 'Wagner's War,' by New York's lovable dominatrix The Great Kat, the girl with the brilliant speedchops and the pro wrestling mentality wages war in three acts. A total metal shred of classical composer Richard Wagner's 'The Ride Of The Valkyries,' from his opera, Die Walkure." - Mike G, Metal Maniacs Magazine

"The Great Kat is an eccentric American guitarist who has been shredding her guitar in a never before seen union of Metal and Classical Music. The result is something insane, raucous and fast. All insane. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee has its speed to the tenth power" Acesso Music

-"WAGNER'S WAR. The Great Kat. Savage, take no prisoners classical metal shredding, the powerhouse unleashes six-string fury that comes at you faster than you can blink. Opening with the world's fastest version of Wagner's 'The Ride Of The Valkyries,' the blitzkrieg doesn't let up. There is nothing in the world of classical metal and guitar-shredding like the Great Kat." - Slappy Morgan, Long Island Entertainment
-"Graduated from the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York, Kat is a consummate guitarist, violinist and maestra. Her specialty: turning classical music into metal." Fernando Souza Filho, Rock Brigade Magazine

-"Beethoven's Guitar Shred from The Great Kat - revolutionary! With an insane speed Katherine Thomas shreds the strings of her electric guitar. From bloodthirsty videos on Beethoven's Guitar Shred DVD, rises The Great Kat's glorification of violence to an art form. Wildly revolutionary Classical guitar shreds. Thumbs up!" - Christopher Doemges, Independent Media Center (Germany)
-"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.net

-"The Great Kat. Bloody Vivaldi. Not only is she the most skilled speed guitarist out there, she also plays a mean electric violin and performs wonderful renditions of classical tracks. Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Many thought Paganini sold his soul to play so well, I know The Great Kat did." - The Fritz

-"The rock/metal music scene has long been known as having the reputation of being a 'boy's club,' but there are women with great talent in the industry. 'Great Kat' is an alumna of Juilliard, a very prestigious music school and is said to be among the fast guitar shredders in the world as well as a violin virtuoso. She uses her knowledge of classical music and love of metal to combine them in a high speed frenzy of technical skill and feeling." - Marjorie LaPrade, Boston Art Examiner

-"The Great Kat. 'Bloody Vivaldi'. It starts out with the most hardcore version of Vivaldi’s, “The Four Seasons”, that the mind could imagine. It keeps a fanatical pace that makes the blood boil and the heart thump against the inside of the ribs." - Paper Dragon Ink

-"The Great Kat's Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed. The Kat's personal flavor livens up these dead musicians-making them hundreds of times more accessible to modern audiences. This title is great for any kid with a sense of humor and a yen for music, modern or classical." - Joel Enos, Mac Home Journal Magazine

-"The Great Kat. ‘Rossini’s William Tell Overture for Symphony Orchestra and Band’ must be the maddest version of this famous classic." - Metalliville Webzine

"The Great Kat. 'Bloody Vivaldi'. Evokes all the Grand Masters of classical music. Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. I can't describe such technique! Outrageous excess of virtuosism" - Deaththrasher Magazine

-"Rock Chick" definition in "Urban Dictionary": "Good examples of rock chicks include Guitarist Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas)-- who is known for her extremely technical shredding."
"The Great Kat's earbludgeoning Beethoven on Speed album would certainly cause old Ludwig to roll over in his grave. This self-anointed 'hyperspeed guitarist' and Juilliard graduate dared to unite classical and speed metal" - "Dangerous Women" CD featuring The Great Kat's "Beethoven Mosh"

-"The Great Kat. She graduated from Juilliard on violin. She's a very classically trained guitar player. She started playing shred thrash metal, which is f**king awesome. She's a bloody awesome musician. 'Metal Messiah' by The Great Kat from 'Worship Me Or Die!' album, is a f**king great album, so bloody check that out. The Great Kat is a frickin' legend. She's a Metal Amazon. She's a f**king beast."
DJ Grey and Liam Fra, High Speed Hangover Show
-"The Great Kat" definition in "Urban Dictionary": "Awesome trained violin virtuoso chic that became a guitar virtuoso after graduating. She can play faster than most would be MALE guitar heroes, she's a hot dominatrix, and placed number 10 in "fastest shredders of all time" (only girl in the list by the way... girl power!!!)"

-"Ladies and Gentlemen, meet The Great Kat! Her prowess can be seen and heard on her new 'Extreme Guitar Shred' DVD. The Juilliard school graduate was recently named one of the '10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time' by Guitar One magazine" - John Lorinc, CNN Radio
-"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." - NME

-"The Great Kat. This Juilliard-trained violin and guitar virtuoso displays the kind of blazing speed that shoots down all the other contenders for the 'guitar god' throne. Bloody Vivaldi features 'The Four Seasons,' played with breathtaking passion and intensity." Scott Barker, Tucson Lifestyle Magazine

-"Each year, New York's famed Juilliard School churns out dozens of concert violinists. Some of these hardworking musicians go on to play in orchestras. Others become music teachers. But only one grad has mutated into the Great Kat: a camouflage-bikini-wearing, slave-commanding, blood-spitting dominatrix whom Guitar One magazine has named one of the ten fastest guitar shredders of all time." - Spin Magazine
"The Great Kat, Juilliard-trained classical musician who rebelled at all that stuffy pretension and is now devoting her life to performing classical masterworks in speed metal style." - Don Willmott, PC Magazine
-"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." - Kurier

-"Ludwig van for the rock 'n' roll generation. You've got to brace yourself for the frenetic female force behind Digital Beethoven On Cyberspeed. Meet The Great Kat. Beethoven's back for a whole new generation." - CyberLife TV Show, Discovery Channel
-"'Wagner's War' in Heavy Metal. 'The Ride Of The Valkyries'. This is great, it is exuberant! The Great Kat, her musical power. 'Heavy and brutal Ode to War' is subtitled the second piece. Would Wagner turn over in his grave? To him, yes you can be as you want. His music was revolutionary, as well as the CD 'Wagner's War' by The Great Kat." - Christopher Doemges, DieRedaktion.de (Germany)

-"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

-THE GREAT KAT: "Famous Juilliard School Alumni" - Ranker.com
-"Female shredder The Great Kat, who actually began life as a Juilliard Music School violin prodigy and then discovered heavy metal guitar." - Ian Christe, Sirius XM Liquid Metal
-"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

-"SPECTACULAR blended Cd. What is Beethoven Shreds? Its the mix of your favorite musicians classical music blended with metal. If you know Beethoven then you know how great this composer was. Now lets take that great musician's songs and change up the instruments and add in some higher tones, and an increase in speed you then result to a rocking great classic. First you get the fun songs you remember from Beethoven, and then you get the more rocking and want to dance too music by The Great Kat, world's fastest guitarist. Makes this Cd an exciting new way to listen to the classics. You will be so impressed." Natosha Miller, TEST+TRY=RESULTS Blog

-"The Great Kat, 'Beethoven On Speed'. Psychofrantic, unrelenting dose of furious and fast guitar licks. The Great Kat definitely has chops - honed on classical concert violin - and she takes them to new gothic heights." Billboard Magazine
-"Feline Groovy. The Great Kat, a Juilliard violinist turned speed-metal guitarist, claws her way through classical music in the name of art. The Great Kat's genius has been applauded in many media, even the tabloids." - Details Magazine

-"THE GREAT KAT. Bloody Vivaldi. The Kat opens the disc by ripping through lick after lick in 'The Four Seasons'. The Great Kat separates herself from the others in her field by combining speed metal and classical music, making this weird combination a real winner." -
The Inside Connection
-"The electrifying American heavy metal guitarist The Great Kat has done it again! Just in time for Richard Wagner's 200th Jubilee is the glorious album 'Wagner's War'. War-like musical exploration of the horrible attacks of September 11th."- Christopher Doemges, Nachrichten (Germany)

-"THE GREAT KAT. 'Bloody Vivaldi'. An extraordinary display of musicianship and grade A class. A classical metal masterpiece of Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons' that feature an actual chamber orchestra and a metal band side by side. A true genius in the 21st century performing both guitar and violin, the Great Kat is owner and operator of some of the fastest hands in the world and perhaps the universe." - D-DayCD

-"This was a GREAT DVD. Filled with loads of great SHREDDING!! Great Kat is world's fastest female guitarist. She played great! I give the DVD a 5 out of 5!" - Dnbuster's Place
-"The Great Kat? Of “Beethoven on Speed” fame? Using it as a traveling practice amp? Mission accomplished! I asked to give the baseline model a whirl." - Matt Peckham, Time Magazine

-"THE LOUDER THE BETTER - INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE. From rock legends to the Devil - with callouts to and riffs from today's hottest players-our highly subjective classification of the guitar-hero galaxy. THE GREAT KAT." - David Marchese, Spin Magazine

-"Extreme Guitar Shred from The Great Kat. The Death Metal hard rock antics of The Great Kat is not a gimmick. Katherine offers her guitar to the devil. Above all sits the American flag - and The Great Kat with her guitar and instruments of torture. Driven and extreme are the right words to describe this art. Extreme Guitar Shred could be an art form." Christopher Doemges, Nachrichten
-"ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN...and let Kat tell ya the news.The Great Kat. On 'Beethoven On Speed' she melds metal and classical so skillfully that if Beethoven were alive today he'd have been a head-banging metal maniac." Dan Aquilante, New York Post
-"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

-"Guitar virtuoso The Great Kat. Beethoven on Speed was our favorite album of the night. It's just fun. Her songs are packed with nice bouncy thrash riffs, are fast as f**k, and are nice little spurts of aggression and speed, like grindcore for shredheads. Her abundant guitar solos are unsubtle and proceed at amazing speeds. The whole album says, "Hey, I went to Juilliard" and shreds along its lunatic way. The lady has a huge d**k upon with which she feeds were devoted cult." - Joseph "Blood Mace" McIntosh and Chris "Demon Scourge" Eddy, Metal Night at The Westside Palace
-"Beethoven's Guitar Shred from The Great Kat - amazing! Wildly revolutionary Classical guitar shreds. For the harmonious sounds of Ludwig van Beethoven - relative to the martial fighting spirit to hard rock videos that the metal Sister Katherine Thomas radiates." - Christopher Doemges, Nachrichten
-"Entering the world of The Great Kat is a truly unique experience, an adventure that combines just the right amounts of pleasure and pain." - Donald Willmott, PC Magazine

-"The Great Kat - Beethoven Shreds. She has the technical chops to outduel any bloodthirsty immortal wielding a six-string. A flash of her finger calluses must make her must love-struck fans faint. The highlight of the album, 'Paganini’s Caprice #24,' offers the most diverse display of skill. She commands each tempo shift with precision and blistering intensity, burning the strings to ash on both her violin and guitar. It’s an astounding achievement that absolutely needs to be shared. The Great Kat takes familiar songs and beats them with chains, spits acid on them, and injects them with hellfire." - Mister Frasier, Mister Growl
ZERO MAGAZINE Features The Great Kat's MOZART'S "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO OVERTURE" for MOZART'S 265 BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY! https://zeromagazine.nu/2021/01/27/grattis-pa-265-arsdagen-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/

-"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.)

"THE GREAT KAT’S 'BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED' DVD. This DVD it is mind blowing I never knew that hearing Beethoven on a guitar could be so cool. Kat is amazing and the way she plays the guitar is beyond brilliant. This lady has some serious lightening fast fingers and puts an awesome heavy metal twist on some old music." - Becca, EVERYDAY LIFE

-SMOSH.COM NAMES THE GREAT KAT "18 PEOPLE ROCKING WAY TOO HARD!" - SMOSH.COM

-"THE METAL PIT features this month as Metal Maiden of the Month the legendary guitar virtuoso THE GREAT KAT!!! Combining classical music and guitar shredding she has inspired many females and males to pick up a guitar." - Blake Mossey, The Metal Pit

-"Guitar virtuoso The Great Kat is 'girl power' at its raunchiest. Thrash metal guitarist who's been dubbed one of the fastest on the planet. Kat's finger-bleeding speed has to be heard to be believed. She's mind-boggingly fast. Here's a short clip of Kat playing guitar and violin on 'The Flight of the Bumblebee'. Her first live performance left the entire audience with mouths agape, shocked that a woman could play faster than practically any guy in the world." - Guitar Tricks

-"She touts herself as speed metal's fastest female guitarist and the self-proclaimed 'guitar goddess', a.k.a. 'Satan's daughter.' Kat's debut LP was originally entitled Satan Goes To Church, but even a Juilliard graduate and acclaimed concert violinist turned sadomasochistic, blood-dripping guitar demon (who happens to be the great-granddaughter of a Lynchburg, Virginia evangelist) can change her mind: the album's been renamed Worship Me Or Die!" - Faces Magazine

-"The Great Kat. The grand goddess of Classical/Shred. A metal icon: Blood, Beethoven, the absence of humility, and an undying crusade to SHRED." - Mister Frasier, Mister Growl

-"The Great Kat. Beethoven On Speed does to classical music what Jaws did for swimming. Her patented 'hyperspeed' soloing is cleaner and faster than ever." Jeff Gilbert, Guitar World Magazine
-"THE NAKED AND FAMOUS: STARS WHO CAN'T KEEP THEIR CLOTHES ON" "The Great Kat - The Great Kat, whose real name is Katherine Thomas (sounds a lot more serene doesn't it?), has built a career on dressing like a dominatrix. Here she is in one of her more tame publicity shots, looking like she's prepared to rip our heads off." - Gigwise

-"I admire The Great Kat for her musical talent and charisma. Kat defies the odds, with mind-blowing technical skills on guitar and violin. I frequently wish that more women will pursue technical skill sets in music; the world needs more of us who self-identify as 'Great'." - sparksofme, Feeling Good About Feminism

-"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. What The Great Kat does in just a few moments is breathtaking. The speed at which she is able to play, while remaining in control of the music, is both amazing and perplexing. When you speak of 'doing things my way,' think of The Great Kat because that's exactly what she is doing by taking her gift as a classical violinist and transforming it into metal shredding of her violin and guitar in an astoundingly brilliant way. I highly recommend this CD." - Charles A. Smith, The Entertainment Bank

-"The art of female shred began with speed demon, The Great Kat. The Juilliard trained musician has won numerous accolades as one of the fastest guitar players in the world. Her talent is undeniable, and her over-the-top self-sexploitation has made her the first name to most casual metal fans lips when female lead guitarists are mentioned." - Rustyn Rose, Metalholic Magazine

-"Kat is truly one of the fastest and most over-the-top guitarists in the history of metal, and that can't be disputed. One of the best locally produced albums of 2011." - Bob Smith, Good Times Magazine

-"No one in heavy metal has exploited Beethoven to the extent of Katherine Thomas, known as 'The Great Kat.' She does not just play Beethoven. If you believe her, she is Beethoven reincarnated. Loud, blistering fast guitar riffs accompanied by screams, and an aggressive hyper-dominatrix persona. Her act is not subtle. She is direct and flamboyant about her intentions. Her virtuosity is for real. Over-the-top stage persona. This is a frontal assault." - Michael Broyles, "Beethoven in America" Book (Indiana University Press)

-"the great Kat. Worship Me or Die! It rips. You will buy this album. You will like it, because it shreds. You will join the Kat Slave Club. The great Kat has spoken. By the way, somebody pry me off this ceiling fan, OK?" - Pulse Magazine

-"She's loud, obnoxious, opinionated, very talented and she can keep you entertained for an entire afternoon. She invented a musical style she now calls Hyperspeed Metal. Here she is...the great Kat!" - Rock Beat Magazine

-"Kat has left the concert podium and entered the thrashatorium, plying her skills with violin and guitar in service of bone-crushing speed-crazed brain-warped sex-driven blood-lusting forged and tempered METAL THRASH!" - Hard Rock Magazine

-"Mad-cap classically-trained violinist The Great Kat has become an overnight hit in clubs with Beethoven On Speed, a mix of classical violin and heavy metal." - Daily Star Newspaper

-"A Shocking Talent. The Great Kat is a larger than life Juilliard trained classical violinist turned guitar shredder (extremely fast guitarist in the heavy metal style). She takes her knowledge of the great works of Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart and processes them through a heavy metal music filter to 'single-handedly resurrect classical music.' What she does: Kat’s extreme talent and classical training allows her to create an outrageous persona that supports both her professional message and motivation." - Rachel Weingarten, MintLife

-WQXR CLASSICAL RADIO FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "HOW BEETHOVEN BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON"! "Ludwig Through the Lens of Filmmakers, Activists, Rockers and Rappers. The Great Kat riffs on Beethoven." - By Brian Wise, WQXR Classical Radio

-"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." - James Paterson, Necromag

-"Yeah! Banging my head to that! Let's meet the shredder behind this and a whole lot of classical inspired guitar histrionics, including the new album 'Beethoven Shreds' - THE GREAT KAT!" -Phil Hulett, L.A.'s Morning News - News Talk 980

"The Great Kat Shreds The Classics. I truly love my metal and this chick can shred!" - Maria Gagliano, Maria's Space
-"KATHERINE THOMAS: The Great Kat. The impressive bloody blonde, began as a model student violinist, even giving a concert as a solo violinist at Carnegie Hall. Great passion for the greats among the greats (Wagner, Paganini, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi ...) she realized that classical music was dead (according to her), and discovered speed metal. Her virtuosity on the violin was adapted to the guitar, and today is considered one of the fastest guitarists in the world." - Alejandra Rivera C., Attack Magazine

-"The Great Kat. 'Extreme Guitar Shred'. Should be watched rabidly by the fans that worship the Great Kat. Not only does she rain fiery words of degradation down on her servants, but she also dispatches her victims with blood slick on her face, fret-burning fingers, and cleavage. These are moments of pure heavy metal excess that, for a dedicated fan of the Great Kat, will be their raison d’etre. This is essential for the fans who say they worship their Classical-Shred Messiah." - Mister Frasier, Mister Growl
-"The queen of classical shred violin and one of the fastest guitar players in the world, The Great Kat." Will C, Southern Fried Gamer

-"The Great Kat. Her real name is Katherine Thomas and is known to have a very special talent for stringed instruments like the violin and guitar." -Virtuosos De La Guitarra

-"Great Kat, a foxy, speed metal-loving guitar shredder who also happens to be a Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso with a penchant for kicking the stuffing out of classical compositions by giving them rock treatments. Great Kat has apparently been amassing fans of her lightning-fast metal-meets-classical guitar playing from far and wide. I especially like her head-snapping run through Rimsky-Korsakov’s 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.' Enjoy!" -Kim Hughes, InMusic
-"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

-"Here's a little musical wake-up call. AH! 'The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' the guitar shredding version." - Penny Griego, L.A.'s Morning News - News Talk 980

-"Great modern Beethoven reimaginer — The Great Kat! The Metal guitarist is one of the fastest on the planet (ask Guitar World magazine, which ranked her on their list of the 50 fastest players ever). Kat is a LVB superfan known for her takes on the musical genius' greatest composition. It's pretty much exactly what you would think a wild-eyed Thrash Metal guitar shredder playing Classical music would sound like, but impressive nonetheless." - Mike Breen, Cincinnati CityBeat
-The Great Kat, a.k.a. Katherine Thomas, Juilliard graduate, composer and self-styled multi-media wizard who claims that she is the reincarnation of Beethoven. Her CD, 'Beethoven on Speed' and 'The Great Kat's Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed CD ROM' promise to 'take you screaming into the 21st century.'" - NPR

-"Great Kat: Beethoven's Guitar Shred. This intense release follows guitarist The Great Kat as she shreds through some of the fastest and most challenging pieces, like 'Flight of the Bumble Bee,' 'Paganini's Caprice #24,' 'Beethoven's 5th Symphony,' 'Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3,' and much more." - Barnes & Noble
-"What a joy is to hear a good violin recital! The musical feeling, warmth, technique and tonal beauty of Katherine Thomas." - Peter Bloch, Arts Close-Up, Canales

-"Get ready for a jolt!" - Martin Goldsmith, National Public Radio

-"The best music of 2011: The Great Kat: Wagner’s War, Tpr Music/Cargo" - Frankfurter Rundschau Newspaper (Germany)
-"Musically the album has a lot of high points and Kat certainly shows plenty of ability on the fretboard and shows her virtuosity with a frenzied violin solo on ‘Demons’. Best cuts (musically) are probably the anthemic ‘Metal Messiah’ and the out’n’out thrash of ‘Satan Says’. The strong riffing ‘Ashes To Dust’ is also worth a mention and so too is the excellent production. If you like thrash with commercial appeal then Worship Me Or Die! is worth investigation." - Bernard Doe, Metal Forces Magazine

-"Hard-hitting sucker punch of shredded classical mayhem. 'Wagner’s War' is definitely a work of art provided by the hands, and twisted minds, of The Great Kat. Another must have for the everyday audiophile." - Alex Hipkins, Paper Dragon Ink

-"The Great Kat named one of the fastest guitar players. Probably the fastest female shredder on the face of the earth. 'Flight Of The Bumble-Bee' at 300 Beats Per Minute. It does not get any faster than that. This ('Beethoven's Guitar Shred' DVD) makes a great stocking stuffer. The Great Kat 'Beethoven's Guitar Shred'." - Michael Butler, MEVIO Music

-"Beethoven Shreds. The Great Kat blazes her way through The Flight of the Bumblebee, the famous opening of Beethoven’s 5th. If you like your classical music fast, furious and with a speed metal twist, check out greatkat.com." - Jim Lundstrom, The Scene Newspaper

-"The best music of 2011: The Great Kat: Wagner’s War, Tpr Music/Cargo" - Berliner Zeitung Newspaper (Germany)

-"Frickin awesome. The Great Kat! She put out a killer album, 'Beethoven Shreds', this year. The Great Kat is really doing a lot to advance metal and Classical Music - the fusion of them. She's my Snowy's Angel Of The Year." - Roch Vaillancourt, Radioactive Metal

-"BEETHOVEN SHREDS. If you like your classical music at locomotive speed and Jimi Hendrix styled sonic guitar, then take a listen to Juilliard rebel The Great Kat zip through The Flight of the Bumble Bee, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 and Paganini's Caprice #24. It's worth considering using this music as cool entre into the world of classical music for unsuspecting youths. Fast she is, wild she is---catch your breath and spin a listen." - Eye on Dance and the Arts

-"The Great Kat, an American shredder. A sonic assault from the guitar goddess." "Oh, Jesus, Lord almighty! This woman scared the living hell out of me." - Max Thrasher and Brandon Williams, Slaughterama Heavy Metal Zine

-"Rock Goddess! The very COOL rock goddess, The Great Kat. That was 'Flight of the Bumble-Bee'. We're talking speeds of up to 300 Beats a minute here. INSANE guitar shred speed. That is just totally insane. Get your copy of 'Beethoven Shreds'." - Bill Bailey, The Bailey Broadcast Radio Show, 92.7 FM KGBR

-"The Great Kat's 'Beethoven Shreds.' If you've heard The Great Kat before, you know what to expect - classical music performed in a metal style at blinding speeds. What really struck me was the CD cover - it's about the most bizarre I've seen in a long time." - Dan Cross, About.com Guitar

-"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." - Israel Morales, Milenio (Mexico)

-"Kat is a Juilliard-trained violinist who traded in the sedate world of classical performance to play the guitar just shy of the speed needed to go back in time. 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." - Jef With One F, Houston Press

-"The Great Kat – who is not only an excellent shredder, but a fine composer, too – is probably best known for re-orchestrating classical music standards for shred-metal interpretation. This has included the works of Vivaldi, Rossini, Beethoven, and others, and requires a firm grasp of both speed-picking and sweep-picking, not to mention a very limber fret-hand." -Skinny Devil, Skinny Devil Magazine

-"Great Kat. Incredible talent, one of the best female guitar player. This blonde has managed something that no one before her could do: combine speed metal with classical music. This creates 'Beethoven on speed.' Charming and adorable, and controversial and scandalous. She is known for her eccentricity and personality." - Stefan Davidovic, M@N! Magazine

-"The Great Kat is like the female version of Gilbert Gottfried, except she looks tastier and she can shred. Guitar One magazine actually did list her as one of the Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time." - Islander, No Clean Singing

-"Let's Shred the Symphony. 'Beethoven Shreds', with The Great Kat's amazing speed she will blow your mind and amaze you with how short the tracks of classical music become when someone can play so amazingly fast. Her rendition of 'The Flight of the Bumble-Bee' will simply blow your mind and will have you replaying it over and over again." - Erick Castillo, Disciplined Monkey Studios

-"Great Kat, 'Beethoven Shreds' (TPR): The fleet-fingered British guitarist takes on a variety of classical pieces, including Beethoven’s Fifth symphony, a couple of Bach pieces and 'The Flight of the Bumble-Bee.'" - Gary Graff, The Oakland Press

-"That upper tier of female metal artists is incomplete without The Great Kat. Holy face-melting shredding! The Great Kat is the first ever celebrity to make an appearance on Scary Terry's Saturday Nightmare!" - Terry Stevens, Scary Terry's Saturday Nightmare Radio Show

-"This week's artist of the week is The Great Kat, the reincarnation of Beethoven, the goddess of shredding. Her new CD 'Beethoven Shreds'. The Classical mistress of the shred guitar! She's been melting our brains and our faces off. She shreds Classical like no one in the world. The Metal Goddess, The Great Kat. WORSHIP HER!" - Vampyr, The Vampyr's Underground Radio

-"The Great Kat presents 'Beethoven Shreds'. This is definitely my favorite classical speed metal record of the year." By Chris Carle, IGN

-"The guitar goddess, a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School as a violin virtuoso, considered by Guitar One magazine in the top 10 shred guitarists of all time. Kat unleashes high-speed guitar and violin madness in her latest album. Extraordinary guitarist." - La Pua (Mexico)

-"The Great Kat. Great guitar player and great entertainer. 'Beethoven Shreds'. It's just incredible. So many notes every second. It's crazy! Great Kat takes it to another level of speed. She is shredding the whole time. Paganini's 'Caprice #24'. She just shreds on that one, too. Intense guitar shredding. It's so awesome. The Great Kat is now in the 'Snowy's Angels Hall Of Fame'. We're honored to induct axe virtuoso THE GREAT KAT!" - Roch Vaillancourt, Radioactive Metal

-"Juilliard trained classical musician and face meltingly fast shred guitarist, The Great Kat, has a world wide release date for her album Beethoven Shreds. She takes classical music, pops the clutch and squeals the tires out of the gate, as she is one of the world's fastest shred guitarists. The really beauty of her music is her classical training really gives the songs a serious sense of refinement and production value." - Will C, Southern Fried Gamer

-"THE GREAT KAT WAS A GENIUS AHEAD OF HER TIME! She was absolutely brilliant and way ahead of her time. It’s kind of amazing how simultaneously obsessed with the music of the past and locked into the technology of the future The Great Kat is. She’s so sincere about her love of classical music and so cock-sure of the direction technology will head in the 21st Century… was she onto something or what?" - Vince Neilstein, Metalsucks.net
-"Beethoven Shreds is a high-octane wild ride of a musical performance by The Great Kat, who may well be the fastest guitarist in the world (unless someone can step forth and challenge her title)! 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!" - James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review's Wisconsin Bookwatch

-"The Great Kat has earned a completely justified reputation as one of the world's fastest rock guitarists - her 'shredding' has to be heard to be believed." - Bob Smith, Good Times Magazine

-"The Great Kat Beethoven Shreds. All of her greatness is defined in this one neat package. Her interpretations will 'wow' anyone that hears them. The speed and ferocity that she displays is by far superior to any other I've ever heard. If you do not own other Great Kat albums go get this one! Mind blowing, guitar fueled experience that you will want to replay numerous times over." - Dennis Day, D-Day's Revenge Metalzine

-"WEDNESDAY'S WEB VIDEO GEM: THE MYSTERIOUS 'GREAT KAT'"! "That’s The Great Kat. A Juilliard alum turned thrash metal guitarist with a flair for covering classical music. A sampling of some of her album titles should give you an idea of what we’re working with: Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed, Bloody Vivaldi, Worship Me or Die!" - Mike, Clicker Blog

-"The Great Kat handles classical chords effortlessly, with razor sharp focus and plays her violin and guitars, incredibly faster than Beethoven would have had ever ventured to dream. She is an inspiration to us all. THE GREAT KAT THE FASTEST SHRED GUITAR FETISHIST." - Naja Kemp, Peter Kemp's Theatre

-"The Great Kat releases another blistering sonic assault on your eardrums. Do you like really fast metal? Do you enjoy some Beethoven? Well put them in a turbo blender and you get The Great Kat 'Beethoven Shreds'. This CD smashes you in the face right when you press play. The Great Kat puts down a blistering pace and never lets up. It's classical music set to 11, super fast and extremely brutal. If you like fast ass guitar / classical metal that wears your skin like Ed Gein pick this up." - Jon Chase, The Dstroyr Blog

-"The Great Kat - world's fastest guitar player. The Great Kat is known worldwide as an excellent guitar technician neoclassical / speed metal genre, but also for her high eccentricity."- Gisha and Marko Jovanovic, Metal Serbia

-"The Great Kat is a classically trained Violinist. She demands God-like admiration. Classical pieces in breath-taking speeds of high-fidelity. WORSHIP ME OR DIE! is a absolute must hear for Speed Metal fans." - Diana, Metal Hammer (Germany)

-"The Great Kat rises again as Beethoven gets the guitar shred treatment on DVD. If you like heavy metal, distorted guitars and wild ladies in bondage gear, we have just about the perfect DVD for you - The Great Kat's Beethoven's Guitar Shred. Kat's 'shredding' style is based on her classical violin education, now put to use mangling the greats of classical music into a nerve-jarring aural assault of finger-blisteringly fast electric noise. It is something you'll want to watch over and over again, as much for Kat's scantily-clad, blood-spattered dominatrix stage persona as for her blistering performances." - Chris Jenkins, Home Cinema Choice

-Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" Names The Great Kat "20 Extraordinary Female Guitarists"! "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"

-"The Great Kat - Beethoven Shreds. Besides the respect for the unbelievable skills that one needs to pull this kind of thing off, I have to admit that I like what I hear. I think it's kind of refreshing and very funny to hear these classical melodies being performed in a more contemporary way. Over the top? You bet. 'Beethoven Shreds' shows a nice equilibrium between skill, an adventurous approach and humour. And I like that." - Peter Van Laarhoven, United Mutations

-UGO.COM Names The Great Kat's "Bloody Vivaldi" CD #6 In "THE BLOODIEST ALBUM COVERS OF ALL TIME"! "#6 Bloody Vivaldi. The Great Kat is probably the most respected female metal guitarist in the world, with her lightning-fast shredding winning fans wherever she goes. Most of her work is metal reinterpretations of classical pieces, and on the cover of the 1998 EP Bloody Vivaldi, she decided to take the title literally and get drenched in buckets of gore. I approve!" - K. Thor Jensen, Ugo.com
-"The woman that I now believe is a dark superhero sent by the ghosts of composers past in order to make darn sure nobody forgets who they are, by any means necessary, the one, the only, THE GREAT KAT!!!!" - 'Evil' Ian Miller, AV Maniacs

-"She is fast, technical and devilish when she plays and it connects very well to classical music. Great Kat almost makes sparks out of her fingers. The Beethoven's Guitar Shred DVD is her newest product, which features breathtaking tracks. For those who like speed, she bangs!" - Henrique Inglez de Souza, Guitar Player Magazine Brazil

"Juilliard prodigy The Great Kat. One fireball force of nature. Super formidable shredder. High speed Neo-Classical shred and actual Classical compositions." - Ian Christe, Host, "Bloody Roots" Show, Your Weekly Heavy Metal History Lesson, Sirius XM Liquid Metal

-"The Great Kat. The High Priestess of Guitar Shred. She can play 'Flight of the Bumblebee' at 300 beats per minute! Wagner’s War, a no-holds-barred response to September 11, includes a cover of that tender Nazi classic 'Flight of the Valkyries.' Her followers (the 'Kat slaves') think she’s just the soldier America needs. Ranked among 'The Ten Fastest Shredders of All Time.' Totally spoiling her crazy-lady rep: She studied classical violin at Juilliard." - Melissa Maerz, New York Magazine

-"One is surprised to discover that there exists a human that fast, which is a furious woman. She is called The Great Kat, always dressed like a dominatrix and covered in blood of her enemies. Costumed in this way, there is a madness that borders on genius. The Great Kat has decided to convert the immortal themes of Paganini, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Wagner, which she calls 'shred/classical', where the scores are a hail of bullets." - Filippo Casaccia, Carmilla On Line

-"The songs are very complex, loud, and powerful. 'Rossini's William Tell Overture' is a GREAT version, intense, ultra-fast piece featuring Kat on guitar, violins and viola." Renzo Parodi, Psicoterror Zine

-"Heavy Metal Beethoven. Ya gotta see (and hear) this one to believe it. It's a guitar shred. A really really fast guitar shred. Beethoven's Guitar Shred is a DVD featuring The Great Kat, a classical violin wunderkind turned metal guitar shred virtuoso. Like I said, watch and listen for yourself." - Dave White, About.com: Classic Rock

-“'Rossini’s Rape'. At the very start of the album, you are suckered into thinking that you will have a nice, calm time while kicked back listening to some tunes. Just a few seconds in, and TGK’s version of Rossini’s, 'William Tell Overture', will have you back on your feet and ready to rumble." - Paper Dragon Ink
-"She doesn't play, but incinerates, classical music -- and is faster than Yngwie Malmsteen. The Great Kat - a Juilliard graduate, takes guitar playing, classical music, and performance wow-ness to a whole new level." - Melanie "Sass" Falina, NoneLouder

-"The Great Kat is an English virtuoso violinist and metal guitarist who breaks down all classical artists like Beethoven, Paganini, Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach. She plays her pieces at the speed of light. She is quite a character, genius and figure, but her ample classical training allows her to reach extreme speeds that few are able to reach." - Eddy, 7Mohijo Blog

-"The Great Kat Shred Guitar Virtuoso is the only musician taking note-for-note authentic Classical Music scores. She is fast, technical and devilish." - Guitar Holiday

-"The Great Kat. She is among the 10 fastest guitarists in the world. She has a technique worthy of admiration due to her high accuracy and degree of perfectionism." - EN 440

-"Juilliard. New York City's distinguished Juilliard school offers a well regarded music program. The music program at Juilliard features alumni such as 'The Great Kat' Katherine Thomas." - Sarah Wallman, eHow

-"The Great Kat Shred Guitar Virtuoso is the only musician taking note-for-note authentic Classical Music scores. She is fast, technical and devilish." - Guitar Holiday

-"The Great Kat 'Beethoven's Guitar Shred' is the perfect gift to impress any rocker on your list. The Great Kat is a Juilliard trained violinist turned shredder. And she is fast. She takes Beethoven's music to all new rock -n-roll heights. She is cool and your rocker would love to get this DVD for the Holidays. This is a DVD that is going to impress the rocker in your life this Holiday season." - Susan McGlaun, I4U NEWS

-"She is a violin virtuoso, and Juilliard graduate. She is The Great Kat, one of the fastest, face melting guitarists of all time. Wagner’s 'The Ride of the Valkyries' an instantly familiar song to anyone who hears the famous melody. The production value astounded me. There about a million different things going on at mind boggling speeds. It was amazing how good it sounded. It is not just your average shred guitar, there is a full orchestra of sounds backing her, and when she pulls out the violin it is amazing. Musically the album is great. An all around winner." Will C, Southern Fried Gamer
-"To play faster is impossible. Great Kat is the fastest woman in the world of metal. Guitarist who reinvents Beethoven with great speed. Beethoven's Guitar Shred, a DVD which puts her virtuosity to the service of these musical geniuses, makes your hair stand on end. Her CDs are gems of virtuosity and ahead of time, always premised on speed. The guitarist makes the music flow and electrifies the senses, and she reminds us how great were those who contributed these notes to the history of music, and as with the metal, she knows how to combine them perfectly." - Israel Morales, Milenio (Mexico)

-"The Great Kat. She is the Juilliard-trained guitar shredder goddess of great note and can play 'The Flight of the Bumblebee' at 300 beats per minute. I was charged by her 'Bloody Vivaldi' release with 'The Four Seasons' for violin, chamber orchestra and band. She’s all over it and it’s fast, amazing and memorable. Sarasate's 'Carmen Fantasy' is another classic twist. Pictured in a black bikini and chains on the back, The Great Kat’s long, golden hair is as wild as her playing is meticulous. Kat is still shocking. She's already tackled 'Beethoven's Guitar Shred' and other familiar artists." - Darragh Doiron, The Port Arthur News

-"The music of the Great Kat is such an unique, inevitable and astounding accomplishment. The Great Kat is a female, heavy metal shredder of unquestionably advanced technical proficiency and speed on her instruments. Her technique is impeccable, her skills and fluidity ARE astounding. She is quite staggering to watch and has technique to spare. She really is one of the best guitarists out there, bar none." - Gary Gomes, Perfect Sound Forever

-"The Great Kat is one of the best guitarists in the world, and she is trained as a classical violinist." - Blog Elaphar

-"The Great Kat: The world's fastest guitarist, a cross between the attitude of Wendy O. Williams, the power of Kerry King and the precision of Beethoven. Incomparable virtuosity and sensuality. The one true queen of metal and classical music ... Hail Kat!!!!" Zamir Resk Facco, La Religion del Rock Pesado

-"Great Kat strikes again. Beethoven's Guitar Shred contains classical music from Beethoven, Paganini and Bach revised in very, very fast heavy metal music and also the known Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee', played in 300 bpm! Great Kat is a great instrument player. She easily shreds the guitar and the violin playing with devilish quickness and surely deserves the honors she's got from magazines from the US." - George Christodoulopoulos, Burn Out Magazine (Greece)

-"Metal Messiah by The Great Kat. You can see some of her classical music background (some of the shredding sounds like the opening to Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries) but at the same time the song is totally metal and has a good beat." - Natalya, Online Culture In 2011 Blog

-"The Great Kat has been relentless in her quest to merge classical music standards with thrash, resulting in some of the fastest guitar work ever heard in the genre. 'Wagner's War' feature Kat's impossible guitar technique as well as escapades on violin. It is sheer brutality." - Alun Thomas, GloryDaze Music

-"AX FACTS & STATS" BOOK FEATURES THE GREAT KAT INTERVIEW!
"My Favorite KAT solo is: EVERY GREAT KAT GUITAR/VIOLIN SOLO IS BRILLIANT AND EAR-SPLITTING VIRTUOSITY."
"My mission in life: THE GREAT KAT'S MISSION IN LIFE IS TO UPDATE CLASSICAL MUSIC USING SHRED METAL and BRING CLASSICAL INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM." - Read Entire Interview In "AX FACTS & STATS" (Volume 1) Book by Dave Roberts

-"The Great Kat is a female metal guitar virtuoso, heavily influenced by classical music. The Great Kat demonstrates the extremes to which metal performers go to accentuate their virtuosity on various instruments." - William Phillips and Brian Cogan, Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music

"The Great Kat "Czardas for Violin and Piano". Madness, skill, dexterity, talent. There is only one Kat."
Javier Salaverry, ROCKA ROLLA Webzine
-"Posing as a dominatrix as she pours out classical licks in the form of liquid metal riffs, Great Kat is one of the most unique figures in metal. She has the ego of David Lee Roth and the fingers of Steve Vai." - Marc Kate, Rhapsody

-"All three acts of this cycle ('War,' 'Revenge,' and 'Victory') are delivered at a breakneck pace. It's not your typical metal, but then again, the Great Kat isn't your typical metal star." - iTunes

-"The Great Kat: Guitar Heroine, Speed Metal Queen, Juilliard graduate, and one of the world’s fastest guitarists. Besides her insanely quick playing, her trademark is that she loves to play classic pieces on her guitar. She’s also quite terrifying." - Jason MacIsaac, Jason.con.ca

-"The queen of speed, the champion of all things shred and the uncontested ruler of humanity, a goddess who can play at speeds of 300bpm. The sheer ferocious power of The Great Kat’s new Beethoven's Guitar Shred DVD has burned all feeble human minds to a cinder in the wake of Kat’s invincible/truthful shred onslaught. This new bible for humanity has quickly left Kat as the dominant force on the planet Earth." - By Morgan Y. Evans, Crusher Magazine

-"Running through four pieces in a scant six and a half minutes, Rossini's Rape leads off with a version of the titular composer's William Tell Overture, arranged for a combination of speed metal band and orchestra. Slayer meets Yngwie Malmsteen, except fronted by a shrieking female violinist, which actually adds a new dimension to the sinister feel of the music. The Great Kat is without a doubt an amazingly accomplished musician." - iTunes

-"Think that you are the fastest Guitarist ever? Well, your not. But the Great Kat is." - BKnight, Southern Fried Gamer

-"The Great Kat hardcore metal musician with some serious shred, I’m talkin bloody fingers fast dudes. She takes classic tunes and mixes it up with some metal and produces one unique, fast-paced sound. There’s nothing like seeing a woman spread wide with a guitar between her legs. If you’re a fan of heavy metal then definitely take The Great Kat’s Beethoven’s Guitar Shred for a spin; it’s a unique spin on classic hits that’s sure to please. It’s been Valkor tested and TOV Approved." - Valkor, The Other View

-"BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED. THIS DVD IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS, IF YOU'RE A GUITAR PLAYER OR JUST LOVE MUSIC YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS DVD TO BELIEVE. IT'S THE GREAT KAT" - Tex Hughes, DVD Tip Sheet
-The Great Kat Named "GUITARIST OF THE MONTH" (APRIL 2010! "Guitarist of the Month. April is the month for The Great Kat. She is a composer, musical revolutionary and a musician best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music." - RizMum, RizMum Blog

-"A lightning-quick rendition of Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville'. With visual fare as strong a selling point as her aural treats, it is no wonder that there is a video for 'Dominatrix.' Kat batters her submissive ones and bats out the double-quick fretwork. Guitar Goddess features the lusty lady of the leapin' licks among big crosses, dungeon settings, whips and chains." - iTunes

-The Great Kat "10 FASTEST GUITARIST" - Blogger On Bing Information

-"Blending the showmanship of metal with the intensive musical construction of classical, Kat has carved out a name for herself in musical history by shredding some of the greatest musical works of our time." - Carly Milne, AOL's Digital City

-"Guitar/violin virtuoso The Great Kat. She's a terrifying individual with the guitar and violin skills above and beyond." - Bob Zerull, Zoiks! Online

-"The Great Kat Priestess of the Guitar Shred and Beethoven. Great Kat, claimed to actually be a contemporary Ludwig van Beethoven, can perform some insanely crazy feats, including performing many of Beethoven's works at ridiculously mind-numbing speeds. Great Kat and Beethoven demonstrated incredible music accomplishments. (Great Kat actually holds a degree from Juilliard)." - Sabrina Young, Associated Content
-"Kat has secured her position as the only classically-trained violinist-turned scantily-clad demonic guitar dominatrix and ambassador of the fine musical arts! Wow. It's difficult not to be bowled over by The Great Kat when she pretty much leaves you no alternative! Centering in on the universal male love of blood, cleavage and wickedly fast/intricate guitar displays. BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED, an ultra high-energy paen to Ludwig Van, J.S. Bach, Rimsky-Kosakov, that devilish Paganini, and of course, The Great Kat herself." - Ian Miller, AV Maniacs

-"The Great Kat, guitar virtuoso and shredding queen. She graduated from Juilliard after studying the violin but then turned her attention to the guitar, turning classical pieces into insane speed metal. A rad chick with an incredible talent." - Jasmine, Blonde Metal Blog

-"The Great Kat's take on classical music, which is what she's really known for, I think my favorite video would have to be 'Beethoven's Fifth Symphony,' which is simply brutal. 'Hot Shred Bits 2,' that flash by to the tune of some seriously fast shred guitar. I know The Great Kat will never disappoint me...and I can't think of any other artist that I can say that about. So, if you ask me if this release is worth checking out...my response would be, 'You're damn right it is!'" - Paul Autry, Ballbuster Music

-"The Great Kat one of the fastest guitar players in the galaxy releases new CD. Wagner's War. It's pretty insane and her abilities are proven on this disc. She just shreds. Over the top speed runs, and a violin. She is a classically trained musician and throws down on the violin for some extra ripping." - Dstroyr

-"The Great Kat dazzles with her virtuosic high-voltage guitar technique (and penchant for heavy metal/goth) on her Beethoven's Guitar Shred DVD. Wildly entertaining." - fab Magazine

-"This dvd is made for guitar enthusiasts who believe speed is everything. They will love this dvd. For speed freaks." - David Berkham, DVD Corner's Blog

-"Beethoven's Guitar Shred, featuring The Great Kat, is one hell of a way to infuse both the love of metal and classical music into one gift. With performances of classical pieces like "Flight of the Bumblebee" amped up to 300bpm and face-melting solo work, this is a great fun gift that will have you watching her fingers in awe." - Rene Rosa aka Evil Adam, Entertaining Evil

-"Wow! Very rarely does a DVD come along that inspires the old 'You'll have to see it to believe it!' But such is the case with The Great Kat's Beethoven's Guitar Shred, an amazing display of speedy guitar wizardry. Kat slices and dices the Paganini composition with precision on guitar but she also plays a violin part that makes Charlie Daniels' fiddle-off with the devil on 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' look like a molasses-dripping contest." - antiMUSIC

-"The queen of speed. The Great Kat plays shred covers of classical composers like Beethoven and Wagner. One of the fastest guitarists of all, her persona knows no limits." - Zach Zimmerman, Associated Content

-"The guitarist Katherine Thomas aka The Great Kat is ranked among the fastest metal shredders of all time." - Danny Kringiel, Spiegel Online (Germany)

-"Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) is the most mind-bogglingly fast." - Elle Magazine

-"Great Kat alone has added the virtuosity of Marty Friedman, the perfectionism and complexity of Yngwie. Beethoven On Speed, a real clinic that would make the most dexterous on the six strings hesitate. It is metal, thrash and neo-classical shred, devastating scholarly - perfect fusion of two apparently opposite musical forms, but that without a doubt can converge at the moment of extreme complexity." La Religion del Rock Pesado

-"An incredibly talented musician. My fingers hurt just listening to that ("The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee"), which is remarkable. The speed with which her fingers are moving to do that--it's INSANE!" Cathy Brooks, Social Media Hour on Blog Talk Radio

-"On the new DVD 'Beethoven's Guitar Shred', The Great Kat (a.k.a. Katherine Thomas) buzzes through 'Flight of the Bumblebee' at a mind-numbing 300 beats per minute. The classically trained musician claims to be one of planet's fastest guitar players, and who can argue?" - Lou Carlozo, Chicago Tribune
-"The Great Kat is a Juilliard-trained violin virtuoso who demonstrates the complementary aspects of classical and metal through her over-the-top, dominatrix persona, her self-styled 'shred/classical' genre and her instructional DVDs. With the rarity of her gift and the minority of her gender in this genre, she's been tearing up her fretboard and blistering her fingers for plenty of years. Those who don't hop on the Great Kat express are bound to get run over!" Amy Sciarretto, AOL Music Noisecreep

-"She possesses a prodigious talent, a virtuosic precision that allows her to play classical transcriptions on her guitar at upwards of 300 beats per minute. The Great Kat is one of those outsize performing personas as well as a masterful musician." - Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

-"Beethoven’s music performed by The Great Kat, a Juilliard-trained musician and one of the fastest 'shredders' of all time. Beethoven’s Fifth that is played with absurd velocity on an electric guitar. Beethoven can never have found himself in odder company than that of The Great Kat, and I amused myself thinking what he would have made of it all. I like to imagine one of his furious temper tantrums. But Mozart, a more ribald soul, would surely have found it hilarious. " - Peter Aspden, Financial Times

-"Juilliard-trained violinist the Great Kat has been called 'The High Priestess Of Shred' and is one of the most mind-bogglingly fast guitarists you’ve ever seen. She is best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known classical pieces." - Dawsons Music (U.K.)
-"The Great Kat - Hungarian Rhapsody #2 ** One of the Greatest Songs of All Time" - Voice Of Reason Playlist

-"Beethoven’s Guitar Shred is a collection of Kat’s videos showing her playing various classical pieces, Speed Metal style. If The Flash played guitar, this is what it would look like. Several magazines proclaim her one of the world’s fastest guitarists, and I believe it. It’s astonishing to watch. The music is recognizable to anyone who knows the classical pieces. Flight of the Bumble Bee would be great for any arcade game with a frantic pace. She’s also such an extreme personality that I could see The Great Kat herself in a videogame." - Jason MacIsaac, Jason.con.ca

-"Her guitar performance is beyond energetic, transcending to the level of mania, as she shreds a ferocious medley of Beethoven, Bach, and raw fervor. A raucous blend of classical music, heavy metal, and stinging social commentary. Beethoven's Guitar Shred is truly unforgettable, and especially recommended for metal fans." - James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review

-"The Great Kat has launched her new DVD in which the extraordinary guitarist includes classic works by the deaf genius (Beethoven), Bach and Paganini. Katherine Thomas broke speed records by playing the famous piece "The Flight of the bumblebee" at a dizzying 300 beats per minute. A fierce guitarist specializing in heavy metal versions of the classics." - Guillermo Aguilera, Contenido

-"The Great Kat is a leather-clad dominatrix who plays lightning-fast metal versions of the classics. This is sex meets shred as Kat rips through The Flight Of The Bumble Bee on electric guitar at 300 beats per minute." - Paul Cole, Sunday Mercury

-WINAMP Names The Great Kat #24 IN "TOP ARTISTS IN UNITED STATES" & #19 IN "TOP ARTISTS IN MEXICO" - WINAMP

-"The Great Kat, who you may know as one of the fastest, fiercest heavy metal guitar shredders in the universe. I popped it in, and was delighted to find some of the greatest heavy metal videos ever made. This lady is hard core. She plays Beethoven's symphonies the way he always intended: incredibly fast and covered in blood." - Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Online

-"To the beat of Beethoven at Full Speed. The extraordinary guitarist in this work shows a strong and terrifying personality. A DVD for heavy people, a strange mixture of rock, classical music, hemoglobin, some sex and terror." - Guillermo Aguilera, Supermexicanos

-"Move over, Jamie Foxx. The Soloist's insanely genius Juilliard apprentice is up against some formidable competition, and she's female. The Great Kat is basically showing the male competition how it's done, better and faster. Her raging, fast forward in real time Beethoven's Guitar Shred is like nothing that has come before. A mix 'n match medley of Beethoven, Bach, Abu Ghraib and Islamic insurgency. A classical/metal lovers everywhere wakeup call, these mini-musicals for guitar, violin and machete could very well blow your mind." - Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
-"Kat is a classically trained violinist graduated from Juilliard. But what do you do when you're a hot (technically and physically) virtuoso? Her answer was to apply her substantial violin technique to the electric guitar. And the results are amazing." - Henry Davis, TechBites

-"Blood + Beethoven + metal = Great Kat. Uber-fast metal guitar wiz. She performed Beethoven tunes at top volume covered in blood and shrouded in flames." - Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune

-"More female chauvinist than feminist, Kat is best described as a 21st century Janis Joplin who breaks out of the conventionally assigned gender role limitations of acceptable female behavior, creatively and otherwise, to give the historically male dominated music scene a woman's energy and edge." - Prairie Miller, Critical Women On Film Journal - The Women Film Critics Circle

-"The Great Kat should be feared because her hyper-blasting, neo-classical, whirlwind guitar playing is so precise and intense. This woman really is a better guitarist than most men ever were. Beethoven’s Guitar Shred DVD is a portable clinic of seemingly inhuman guitar antics. Dominating torture, blood, fire, anti-terrorist sentiments – all wrapped in an oddly tasteful, hyper-classical visual feast." - Mark Morton, Heavy Metal Examiner

-"Today one of the best ('shredding') is The Great Kat. Kat really is original and inventive and like nothing that has come before. One might compare her to Janis Joplin." - Chuck N. Baker, Veterans Reporter

-"The Great Kat. She's loud and profane. Her fretboard speed is awesome, and she'll take on all challengers to her classical-shred mastery. And, oh yeah, she gargles blood." - Guitar Player Magazine

-"Thrill again to the electrifying playing of The Great Kat in Beethoven's Guitar Shred." - Michael Janusonis, Providence Journal

-"Genius at work in this metal masterpiece. This Juilliard-trained violinist puts her intensely fast fingers to new use playing some of the fastest shredding you’re ever going to hear on both electric guitar and violin. Amazing version of 'Flight of the Bumblebee.'" - Jonathan Knell, Campus Circle

-"The Great Kat can outplay just about every guitarist on the planet. She can zoom up and down a fretboard faster than a hungry cheetah on steroids. Her fretboard speed is awesome."- Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

-"'Girl power' is a gross understatement. The world's first shredding dominatrix." - Guitar One Magazine
-"She has technique galore -- playing incredibly fast (shredding). Her speed-demon take on classical music is fun to listen to. The driving rhythms at these speeds and amplification can be spectacular." - Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Now's Classical Musings

"Ultimate, electrifying, incandescent, revolutionary musician." - Naja Kemp, Peter Kemp's Theatre

-"Played hot enough to melt the plastic plants on a public access TV stage." - Blender.com Videos
-"In the matter of virtuosity, the speed metal guitarist, The Great Kat, leaves you stunned. The guitarist makes an impression with her dominance of speed techniques." - Henrique Inglez de Souza, Guitar Player Magazine Brazil

-"The Great Kat's chops are impressive – the speed with which she spits out scales on both electric guitar and violin is astounding, especially when accompanied, as it is on the DVD’s six videos, by her snarling, wild-eyed metal posturing and head-banging." - Patrick Enright, The News Tribune
-SPIN MAGAZINE DECLARES THE GREAT KAT "THE SPEEDIEST, SCARIEST FEMALE SHREDDER OF ALL TIME" - Caryn Ganz, Spin Magazine

-"This one-of-a-kind musician knows excitement." John Lorinc, CNN Radio's "Measure To Measure"
-"The Great Kat can totally shred. In fact, she's so scary fast on guitar and violin, that once you retrieve your ego from the gutter, you almost have to laugh. Her technique is simply insane." - Michael Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine

-"The Great Kat, New York's head-banging thrash goddess, continues to connect the dots between metal music and classical with her latest, 'Wagner's War.' Inspired by the events of Sept. 11, Kat renders some of music's most famous, aggressive, battle-inspired pieces in shredding-speed metal arrangements that hiss and spit." - Dan Aquilante, New York Post

-"The wave of the future might well be heavy-metal Beethoven by way of Juilliard." - John Rockwell, The New York Times

-"Kat's hyper-driven humor and aggressive presence may be exactly what is needed to set straight the basics of Beethoven and Bach." Marilyn A. Gillen, Billboard Magazine

-"Her music isn't heard; it's felt. Loud and constant, it cuts through the listener's body like a blunt knife." Farhan Memon, The New York Post

-The Great Kat, Juilliard prodigy-turned-caterwauling speed-metal guitarist, may be abrasive, but judging from this disc, she's never boring. A-" Bob Strauss, Entertainment Weekly