Violeta Violeta

The first single from the first volume of the trilogy, "Philemon Arthur & the Dung", was released digitally on 24 August 2010. In October the single was moved to the "A-list" of Norwegian radio station NRK P3, the highest priority playlist on the station, providing the song with more frequent airplay and exposure. To promote the release of the second single, "Hjerteknuser", Kaizers Orchestra released the official notes and lyrics to the song for free download, allowing unsigned musicians to record their own version of the song.[8] The winner, Moi, was announced on Norwegian radio on 27 October 2010, who is scheduled to have her cover of "Hjerteknuser" released on Kaizers Orchestra's proprietary record label, and the opportunity to tour with them in 2011; during the same broadcast, Kaizers Orchestra's own version of the song received its world premiere.[9] The second- and third-place winners of the competition were also given permission to release their separate versions. The music video for Kaizers Orchestra's "Hjerteknuser" stars Norwegian actress Ane Dahl Torp portraying Beatrice, one of the characters from the lyrical "universe" of Violeta Violeta.

For their third single, "En for orgelet, en for meg", they collaborated with guest rappers from Germany (Prinz Pi) Sweden (Timbuktu), and The Netherlands (Blaxtar) to create versions of the song to be released in those countries.[10] The album version of the song is made available for digital download upon pre-ordering the first album. To further promote the album, Ottesen and Øyvind Storesund, the group's bassist, embarked on a tour of small venues in Europe, performing as an acoustic double act.[11] In the ten remaining days leading up to the album's release, the band uploaded videos starring Helge Risa, the pump organist, recorded during the preproduction period for the supporting tour. Guitarist Geir Zahl also uploaded a documentary about the making of the album to YouTube.

Lyrics and music by Janove Ottesen.

On 1 March, before the start of the European tour in support of Vol. I, the band announced that Vol. II would be performed, in its entirety, for the first time at the Øya Festival on 11 August 2011. The event was streamed online the day following the event. The first single from Vol. II, "Tusen dråper regn", was premiered on 31 May 2011 on the radio show P3Morgen. It was confirmed in radio interviews conducted around the release of the single that Geir Zahl would be performing lead vocals on two self-composed songs on the album. The second single of the album, "Drøm videre Violeta", was released on 23 September 2011, and within a week of the release was a-listed on P1 and P3.

Beginning on 1 November 2011, the band asked their fans to get involved with the 11-day countdown to the release of the album, Live i Oslo Spektrum, and "Sonny," their stage musical. They encouraged their fans to upload pictures to their Facebook page that showed the number of days until the release, and each day the band chose a different, fan-uploaded picture as their profile picture. They've also held a contest for fans to come up with a poster design to be sold at their merchandise booth during the tour for Vol. II. Their tour in support of the album consisted primarily of Norwegian concert venues, only playing a few European shows at the beginning of the tour. In the midst of their promotional tour they went back into the studio in May to finish the recording of Vol. III, then commenced with summer festivals, which they stated would be a continued support for Vol. II.

All songs written by Janove Ottesen unless otherwise noted.

Prior to September, little promotion had been done. Janove engaged in an interview with a fan site about the future of the band, where he revealed a few details of the album, such as the name of the first single. He also took this time to explain that after the release of Vol. III, and the subsequent tour, the band would take an undetermined period of time to pursue other projects. He made it clear that this was not the end, only a long break.

On 7 September 2012 a mysterious video of Omen and a little girl (Violeta) in a forest appeared on YouTube (later revealed to be from the "Aldri vodka, Violeta" video). The only text that accompanied the video read "We're here to spread the Kaizervirus. You will get infected and there is no cure." The following day, a "Kaizervirus" website was found. Soon after the virus took shape; the band asked their fans to submit why they would be best suited to spread the Kaizervirus, and a week later they selected a person and the Kaizervirus smartphone app was released. The app spread various "viruses" by proximity to other "infected" individuals. Once one virus was spread around enough, they would release the next one, relying heavily on the fans to promote the new album. The viruses, in order, are: "Aldri Vodka, Violeta" (song), "Siste Dans Intro" (song), "Siste Dans" (song), "Aldri Vodka, Violeta" (music video), "Behind the Scenes at Budapest" (documentary video), "Forloveren" (song), "Det polaroide liv" (song), and "Perfekt i en drøm" (song).

All songs written by Janove Ottesen unless noted.