UMUR "Worship Me or Die" is the debut full-length studio album by US heavy/thrash metal act The Great Kat. The album was released through Roadracer Records in 1987. The Great Kat is the brainchild of classically trained violinist Kat (Katherine Thomas) (guitars, vocals, violin). For the recording of this album she brought in Tom von Doom on bass and Adam Killa on drums.

The music on the album is heavy/speed/thrash metal delivered with fast-paced shredding solos and "I" form lyrics. You know the kind that says "I´m the meanest bitch on the planet", "I will kill you" and "I will do this and that to you". I really hope these lyrics are tongue in cheek because otherwise they stink of heavy metal clichés of the worst kind. The musicianship is on a pretty high level and especially the speed of the guitar playing is pretty impressive. When that is said, it´s about the only impressive thing about the album. You´ll have to look for a long time to find more generic and completely forgettable riffs. When it comes to the guitar solos which are usually extremely fast played, they are very one-dimensional scale runs and completely disregard melody or hooks of any kind. To top it off Kat is not a very skilled vocalist and her attempt at sounding raw falls flat on it´s face.

So there are very few features on "Worship Me or Die" that save it from complete failure and it ain´t the songwriting which is also on an amaturish level. All in all I hope this is a gimmick of some sort although I fear that "Worship Me or Die" is actually a serious project. No matter what it is, the quality of the music is simply so low that a 1.5 star (25%) rating is warranted. When a 30:14 minutes long album feels like it´s at least an hour long, you know something ain´t right.