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Swedish sea-pillagers YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS return to plunder with new shanties aplenty!

Raucous Swedish sea marauders YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS are back, ready to set sail once more with their musical journey ´Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead, out April 11, 2025, via Napalm Records! After monumental performances at renowned festivals like Wacken Open Air 2023 and a successful tour in 2024, the beloved crew of shanty renegades promises an evocative exploration of 18th-century sailors’ lives, weaving haunting ballads and riotous anthems into a vivid tapestry of camaraderie, loss, and fleeting joy amidst the unforgiving waves.

Opening the journey is “The Cranker”, a darkly captivating tale of cursed sailors spiralling into a frenetic dance. Tracks like “Chained Below” confront historical horrors with heart-wrenching melodies that amplify the voices of the oppressed, while “Raise Your Glass” bursts with the clatter of tambourines and whiskey-soaked choruses, inviting listeners to join a boisterous maritime revelry. Meanwhile, “Waves Away”, a sorrowful yet beautiful ballad that captures the bittersweet essence of life at sea and “As The Tree Falls” is a haunting maritime ballad of love, loss, and fate and acoustic textures to explore themes of love and loss. The full range and variation of the sea – stormy, shallow and romantic – captured in one album.

15 years have passed since the band was founded after a drunken night at a pirate-themed floating bar in the middle of their Swedish hometown, Umeå. After successfully conquering the seas around the world, they gathered more buccaneers for their plundering. These free looters can now look forward to experiencing these powerful tracks live during the band’s electrifying April 2025 tour. With their immersive storytelling, raw energy, and deeply moving performances, YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS are set to transform each venue into a vessel of high-seas adventure. Prepare to be swept away by a musical odyssey that brings the spirit of the ocean to life, one shanty at a time.

´Til the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead tracklist:
1. The Cranker
2. Waves Away
3. A Final Toast for Oliver Cromwell
4. Raise Your Glass
5. A Hardworking Crew
6. As the Tree Falls
7. Whydah Galley
8. Chained Below
9. Ships Lost at Sea
10. Here’s to the Royal Navy
11. Mates Together
12. Sailmaker’s Song

Release Date: April 11, 2025

YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS Live 2025
Album Release Shows
18.04.25 NL – Schijndel / Paaspop
19.04.25 NL – Leiden / Gebr. De Nobel
20.04.25 DE – Essen / Don’t Panic
22.04.25 PL – Warsaw / VooDoo
23.04.25 DE – Dresden / Blauer Salon
24.04.25 CZ – Prague / Modra Vopice
25.04.25 DE – Berlin / Cassiopeia

Festivals
28.-29.05.25 DE – Rastede / Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum
18.-20.07.25 UK – Sudeley Castle & Gardens / Fantasy Forest
26.-27.07.25 DE – Bückeburg / Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum
31.07.-01.08.25 NL – Lisse / Castlefest
05.09.25 DE – Bornich / Freiluftbühne Loreley – In Extremo Jubiläumskonzert
06.-07.09.25 DE – Luhmühlen / Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum

World HEX Tour 2025
YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS as support for Faun
19.09.25 DE – Hannover / Theater am Aegi
20.09.25 NL – Utrecht / Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda
21.09.25 FR – Paris / Trianon
23.09.25 GB – London / Islington Assembly Hall
24.09.25 GB – Manchester / Band on the Wall
26.09.25 DE – Ludwigsburg / Theatersaal – Forum Ludwigsburg
27.09.25 CZ – Prague / Meet Factory
28.09.25 PL – Krakow / Klub Studio
29.09.25 PL – Warsaw / Progresja
01.10.25 BE – Sint-Niklaas / the Casino
03.10.25 FR – Lyon / Rayonne
04.10.25 DE – Neunkirchen / Gebläsehalle
05.10.25 DE – Weimar / Weimarhalle
07.10.25 DE – Leipzig / Gewandhaus
08.10.25 AT – Vienna / Arena Wien
10.10.25 IT – Trezzo sull Adda / Live Club
11.10.25 CH – Zurich / X-tra
12.10.25 DE – Nuremberg / Meistersingerhalle
23.10.25 DE – Düsseldorf / Tonhalle
24.10.25 DE – Berlin / Admiralspalast
25.10.25 DE – Munich / Circus Krone Bau
26.10.25 DE – Offenbach / Capitol
28.10.25 DE – Hamburg / Laeiszhalle

YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS are:
Anders “Nobility” Nyberg – cembalo, miniature piano, lead vocals
Anton “Quinton Taljenblock” Teljebäck – viola pomposa, fiddle, cello, kalimba, mandolin, pump organ, death whistle
Björn “Bellows” Malmros – squeezebox, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica, lead vocals
Eva “The Navigator” Maaherra Lövheim – violin and vocals
Evelina “Harpy” Rolon – harp, vocals
Frida “Freebird af Wærmaland” Granström – violin, viola, vocals
Hampus “Monkey Boy” Holm – flipped bass drum, percussion, vocals
Ina “Battery” Molin – cajon, marimba, timpani, tubular bells, vocals
Jens “Shanghai” Tzan Choong – 5-string banjo, sitar, guitar, vocals
Jim “Silent Jim” Sundström – mandolino, mandola, lead vocals
Jonas “Hogeye McGinn” Nilsson – 5-string banjo, guitar, vocals
Lovisa “Quick Fhinn” Fhinn – cajon, bodhrán, marching drum, timpani, spoons, jaw harp, lead vocals
Magda “Magda Malvina Märlprim, also Magpie by repute” Andersson – lute guitar, lead vocals
Martin “Scurvy Ben” Gavelin – cajon, darbuka, percussion, vocals
Peter “Quartermaster Blackpowder Pete” Mollwing – lead vocals
Richard “Old Red” Larsson – ukulele bass, guitar, vocals
Stina “Filthylocks” Hake – whistles, lead vocals
William “Shameless Will” Hallin – vocals

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