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"Katastrofen" ("The Disaster") was written by Janove Ottesen, and appears on the Død manns tango EP. Ottesen has confirmed it to be the first song specifically written for Kaizers Orchestra. Throughout the group's career, "Katastrofen" has been one of the few songs on which Ottesen himself plays guitar.
An acoustic version of "Katastrofen" was performed by Ottesen and Geir Zahl at Det Beste Stedet in Sandnes, Norway in 2000; the first known recording of Kaizers Orchestra material, albeit not in the eventual six-piece configuration. The song was recorded on the group's first demo, and was also recorded for their first release, the Gul EP. The song features distinctive oil barrel percussion, which is performed by Zahl and Terje Winterstø Røthing live on stage. Early in the group's career, a civil defense siren would be played over the loudspeakers during live performances, but this has since been phased out. A similar effect would later be applied to performances of "Evig pint".
The song's lyrics tell of a coming disaster in the form of a great flood, foretold by a clairvoyant weather reporter. Despite the fact that the his earlier warnings (such as the coming of "the man from Transylvania with a fondness for blood") went unheeded, he desperately attempts to convince the townspeople to evacuate before disaster strikes.
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