April 9, 2025
Ye Banished Privateers drop a new single, titled The Cranker, ahead of album launch this coming Friday
Swedish sea marauders Ye Banished Privateers are ready to set sail with the third single The Cranker taken from their sixth full-length ´Til the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead, out this Friday, April 11, 2025 via Napalm Records. Oh, and they’re touring Europe too. (Dates below)
More than 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.
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Kicking off the sonic journey, The Cranker is a darkly captivating tale, inspired by the Swedish folk song Hårgalåten. It tells the story of an unfortunate crew lured by the devil, disguised as a handsome fiddler, and thrown into an endless, frenzied dance to the ocean’s depths. Hypnotic fiddles, pounding drums, and raw harmonies bring this chilling tale to life.
Following their monumental performance at Wacken Open Air 2023 and blockbuster tour in 2024, the beloved renegades invite fans on a thrilling journey through the lives of 18th-century sailors on ´Til the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead.
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, heading out with pagan folk band Faun in the fall.
The Cranker is inspired by a traditional Swedish folk song, Hårgalåten, following a common Scandinavian folklore theme where the Devil lures the youth to immoral acts which finally leads to their death. In our narrative, the Devil is a handsome fiddler whose alluring tunes tricks the crew into an endless dance to the bottom of the ocean.
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´Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead satisfies all the wanderlust hearths out there with a variety of hymns like 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.
Pre-orders are available right here.
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
