Language limitations are irrelevant to the dramatic and contagious alternative rock of Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra. The band has amassed a passionate following throughout Europe and beyond and is a sell-out performance staple in Scandinavia. The band's eccentric, theoretically ambitious and triumphant music—a combination of Scandinavian and Eastern European folk traditions fueled by high-energy blues, indie, metal and rock—is universally resonant even though its lyrics are solely spoken in Norwegian. The one-and-done performance by Kaizers Orchestra in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was treated as a high-profile premiere by The New York Times, contributed to the band's cult following in the United States.
At a Norwegian festival, Kaizers Orchestra made their debut on a smaller stage and soon caught the attention of the crowd waiting through the set changeover for the performer on the big stage. Thousands of people who had never heard the band before joined in for the hook of the song of resistance the band was performing at the time, igniting a sing-along. Kaizers Orchestra recognized they had something remarkable at that crucial moment. The boys put in years of non-stop effort, touring non-stop and producing expansive conceptual music. During that time, they released eight studio albums, including a major album trilogy project that lasted five years, five live albums, many EPs, and a number of videos..

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