Beware of the mighty Sea! Swedish sea marauders YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS are set to sail again with their highly anticipated sixth album, “Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead,” out on April 11, 2025, via Napalm Records.
Following their monumental performance at Wacken Open Air 2023 and blockbuster tour in 2024, the beloved shanty renegades invite fans on a thrilling journey through the lives of 18th-century sailors. The album masterfully blends poignant ballads and raucous anthems, weaving tales of camaraderie, loss, and fleeting joy against the relentless backdrop of the open sea. YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS will be on tour throughout the year. This autumn, they will head out with pagan folk band FAUN – more info can be found on the band’s website.
The first single, “Chained Below,” brings somber melodies and powerful lyrics recanting the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. The band aims to lend their voice to the oppressed, shining light onto the all too real, haunting stories of stolen freedoms and the noble struggles to reclaim them.
YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS on “Chained Below”:
“Our song ‘Chained Below’ is a reflection on the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade during the 18th century. The lyrics reflect on the unimaginable suffering endured by enslaved individuals whose lives and labor fueled the prosperity of empires and economies. By bringing these voices to the forefront, we aim to shed light on the human cost of an economic system built on exploitation and injustice.”
Opening the journey is “The Cranker,” a darkly captivating tale of cursed sailors spiraling into a frenetic dance. Tracks like “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 – is captured in one album.
YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS say about the album:
“We wrote this album as a haunting voyage through the precarious lives of 18th-century sailors, exploring the omnipresence of death and loss on the open seas. The twelve tracks weave together tales of tragedy, camaraderie, and fleeting triumphs, highlighting the sailors’ resilience in the face of their ephemeral existence. ‘Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead’ is a lament for those lost to the depths and a meditation of gallows humour on the fragility of life under the shadow of the mast.”
“Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead” track listing:
- 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
“Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead” will be available in the following formats:
1 LP Black Vinyl with 2 Lyrics Sheets
1 CD Digisleeve
200 “YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS” Flasks available with bundle option to the CD and LP Edition – (Exclusively at Napalm Records Mailorder!)
Digital Album – (Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive)
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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