Lead singer Janove Ottesen sounds like the Cramps' Lux Interior devouring Cab Calloway who's simultaneously fronting Morphine, and when the rest of the members jump in on a call-and-response jam like "Resistansen" it's like a revival. Kaizer Hans Constanze and Meg," the band maintains a level of energy and creativity that bubbles like beads of sweat and burns like a mountain train. From the blistering opener "Kontroll på Kontinentet" through the Salvation Army Band closer "Mr. There isn't a single moment on Ompa Til du Dør that isn't completely riveting. While a whole slew of Scandinavian groups - (Vasen) and ( Hedningarna) - with the same kind of "rock-based" agenda have emerged in recent years, the Kaizers don't fiddle around with sequencers and keyboards, opting instead for the primal beating of oil drums and the hellbound carnival lurch of a pump organ. The sextet unleashes both fury and atmosphere from a heady base of Nordic and Eastern-European folk music. The mesmerizing debut from Norway's Kaizers Orchestra is nothing short of a revelation.
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