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The Great Kat is guitar virtuoso and Neoclassical Metal reject extraordinaire.
"Classical music is dead!" proclaims the latest "self-anointed genius" of the next musical era. It might seem like an unlikely combination, but she brings these facets of Classic and Metal music together into a ferocious blitz of dense sound released to the public in small doses. And she actually kinda gets this one right!
What sets these pieces apart from ordinary Heavy Metal, however, is the fact that they are not approximations of the original pieces. They are recordings of the actual music transcribed and re-arranged. The Great Kat had to study the original scores and carefully consider how to distribute the notes to her ensemble. Unlike that of her anarchist Heavy Metal peers, her treatment of the music is clever and , in fact, very Classical.
The Great Kat’s own songs (there are two on this CD) are not as well conceived. Her lyrics border on the ridiculous, spewing violence, blood and sado-masochism. Her vocals are snarled, screamed and whooped, and her guitar tracks are so thick that it is hard to hear anything else over them. The brevity of her songs is part of a cyber-based philosophy that the human attention span is diminishing. It also could be that beyond sensationalism she has little to say.
The Great Kat is an unfortunate hostage of her unabashed self-promotion and hype. "The world’s fastest guitarist", "genius personality", "the High Priestess of Guitar Shred", and "systematically changing the face of classical music", shout her press releases. The reality of the Great Kat’s music is far less outrageous. In the early 1980s, The New York Times reviewed her debut recital while she was still Kathy Thomas -- a violin student at the Juilliard School. The reviewer, after praising her strong technique and ideas, mentioned her "overstated" performance of the Carmen Fantasy. On this new CD, she overstates this same piece, only now in a different milieu.
Still, The Great Kat has created an unmistakable sound, and her intimidating personality reaches for the jugular of any concert-goer or listener. This CD, although short, is a valid musical statement from one of the stranger characters on the Heavy ,etal scene. It would be to her musical advantage if she calmed down her own hype. But as one of the very few women in Heavy Metal, maybe she has to make the most noise in order to be noticed.
TPR Music, 1998/2011. Made in the USA.
Tracklist:
1. Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" For Violin, Chamber Orchestra & Band 2:12
2. Torture Chamber 2:28
3. Blood 0:39
4. Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy'" For Violin & Band 2:04
Total playing time: 7:22 min.
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