With blazing precision and fearless ambition, Danish Power Thrash outfit EXELERATE release today their sophomore full-length, “Hell for the Helpless”. Following the success of their 2023 self-titled debut and a relentless tour schedule across Denmark and Europe, the Copenhagen-based quartet now present their most mature and musically ambitious work to date  –  a concept album delving deep into the shadows of the human psyche.

Forging a powerful hybrid of fast-paced thrash and melodic, anthemic power metal, “Hell for the Helpless” delivers ten explosive tracks packed with soaring high-pitched vocals, whirlwind guitar solos, pounding drums, and sharp, propulsive bass lines. Whether it’s furious pit-inducing energy or triumphant sing-along moments, Exelerate continue to show they are masters of both the stage and the studio.

“The biggest challenge was writing a worthy successor to an album we had played live so many times”, frontman Stefan Jensen says. “But all that experience gave us clarity. We learned what to lean into, and what our audience really responds to”.

“Hell for the Helpless” is a concept album exploring various damaging and unhealthy mental states, from anxiety and depression to nihilism and obsessive fear. “We live in a time where mental health is a growing issue”, declares guitarist Mads Sørensen. “This album is our way of shining a light on the struggle, the chaos, and also the potential for healing and understanding”. The songs are more ambitious and atmospheric than ever before, with sweeping arrangements and bold lyrical storytelling to match the emotional weight of the themes.

Recorded and produced by the band themselves, with producer Io Klarstrup leading the sessions, “Hell for the Helpless” captures the raw passion and precision of a band firing on all cylinders. Final mixing and mastering were once again handled by Marco Angioni (Tygers Of Pan Tang, Steel Inferno, Meridian), who brings massive sonic weight and clarity to the record’s rich, dynamic sound.

Visually, the album continues Exelerate’s collaboration with airbrush artist Steen Jensen, who delivers a trippy, vivid cover artwork inspired by the inner workings of the troubled mind. It’s a perfect visual complement to the album’s introspective concept – where darkness can easily take root if left unchecked.

“Hell for the Helpless” is out now on LP (purple vinyl limited to 150 copies), CD and digital, via From The Vaults. 

“Hell For The Helpless” tracklist:

1. The Breach
2. The Madness
3. The Summoning
4. Headfirst into the Void
5. A Painful Debt
6. Death Cult
7. Falling in Lust
8. Impending Doom
9. The Legend of Lightning
10. Stranger out of Time

Buy the album here. Stream it here: https://bfan.link/exe-hellfor

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen – guitars 
Stefan Jensen – vocals, guitars 
Io Brix Klarstrup – bass 
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen – drums 

Webshop:
https://bit.ly/exe-tgt

Digital:
https://bfan.link/exe-hellfor

Web:
Official site
Facebook
Instagram
Bandcamp
Spotify
Apple Music
YouTube Music
Qobuz
Tidal
Deezer

Photo by Mathias Sandvig-Lykkegaard

Danish Power Thrash outfit EXELERATE strike hard with “Impending Doom”, the gripping new official video and single from their upcoming concept album “Hell For The Helpless”. Fusing the razor-sharp intensity of Megadeth with the anthemic weight of Dio and the technical firepower of Flotsam And Jetsam, the band delivers a high-octane anthem that sets the stage for their most ambitious material to date.

Relentless in both speed and atmosphere, “Impending Doom” explores a universal inner struggle with brutal honesty: “”Impending Doom” is a song about the crippling fear of death. It’s about how thoughts of the great unknown can prevent you from enjoying life, and that every action you take to prevent it also brings you closer to it. So seize the day, live your life and stop panicking over what you can’t change. We are all in this together,” say Exelerate.

Backed by a whirlwind of aggressive riffing, precision drumming, commanding vocals, and a furious video, this is Exelerate at full throttle – sharp, bold, and emotionally resonant.

Join the premiering here:

With blazing precision and fearless ambition, Danish Power Thrash outfit Exelerate return with their sophomore full-length, “Hell for the Helpless”. Following the success of their 2023 self-titled debut and a relentless tour schedule across Denmark and Europe, the Copenhagen-based quartet now present their most mature and musically ambitious work to date – a concept album delving deep into the shadows of the human psyche.

Forging a powerful hybrid of fast-paced thrash and melodic, anthemic power metal, “Hell for the Helpless” delivers ten explosive tracks packed with soaring high-pitched vocals, whirlwind guitar solos, pounding drums, and sharp, propulsive bass lines. Whether it’s furious pit-inducing energy or triumphant sing-along moments, Exelerate continue to show they are masters of both the stage and the studio.

“The biggest challenge was writing a worthy successor to an album we had played live so many times”, frontman Stefan Jensen says. “But all that experience gave us clarity. We learned what to lean into, and what our audience really responds to”.

“Hell for the Helpless” is a concept album exploring various damaging and unhealthy mental states, from anxiety and depression to nihilism and obsessive fear. “We live in a time where mental health is a growing issue”, declares guitarist Mads Sørensen. “This album is our way of shining a light on the struggle, the chaos, and also the potential for healing and understanding”. The songs are more ambitious and atmospheric than ever before, with sweeping arrangements and bold lyrical storytelling to match the emotional weight of the themes.

Recorded and produced by the band themselves, with producer Io Klarstrup leading the sessions, “Hell for the Helpless” captures the raw passion and precision of a band firing on all cylinders. Final mixing and mastering were once again handled by Marco Angioni (Tygers Of Pan Tang, Steel Inferno, Meridian), who brings massive sonic weight and clarity to the record’s rich, dynamic sound.

Visually, the album continues Exelerate’s collaboration with airbrush artist Steen Jensen, who delivers a trippy, vivid cover artwork inspired by the inner workings of the troubled mind. It’s a perfect visual complement to the album’s introspective concept – where darkness can easily take root if left unchecked.

Alongside the digital edition, “Hell for the Helpless” will be released on CD and limited edition vinyl, with a tracklist curated specifically for front-to-back listening. The band will support the release with an extensive Danish tour in fall 2025.

“Hell for the Helpless” will be released on LP (purple vinyl limited to 150 copies), CD and digital on 12.09.2025, via From The Vaults.

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen – guitars
Stefan Jensen – vocals, guitars
Io Brix Klarstrup – bass
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen – drums

Digital single: https://bfan.link/exl-id
Webshop: https://bit.ly/exe-tgt

More information:
https://exelerate.dk/
https://www.facebook.com/Exelerateband
https://www.instagram.com/exeleratedk/
https://exelerate.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/artist/0jRw54h5J5HeIkexDiOHZC
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/exelerate/1650072322
https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/interpreter/exelerate/16020139
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6279872
https://dzr.page.link/v5hdCBX4FZ9CTqBA7

With blazing precision and fearless ambition, Danish Power Thrash outfit EXELERATE return with their sophomore full-length, “Hell for the Helpless”. Following the success of their 2023 self-titled debut and a relentless tour schedule across Denmark and Europe, the Copenhagen-based quartet now present their most mature and musically ambitious work to date  –  a concept album delving deep into the shadows of the human psyche.

Forging a powerful hybrid of fast-paced thrash and melodic, anthemic power metal, “Hell for the Helpless” delivers ten explosive tracks packed with soaring high-pitched vocals, whirlwind guitar solos, pounding drums, and sharp, propulsive bass lines. Whether it’s furious pit-inducing energy or triumphant sing-along moments, Exelerate continue to show they are masters of both the stage and the studio.

“The biggest challenge was writing a worthy successor to an album we had played live so many times”, frontman Stefan Jensen says. “But all that experience gave us clarity. We learned what to lean into, and what our audience really responds to”.

“Hell for the Helpless” is a concept album exploring various damaging and unhealthy mental states, from anxiety and depression to nihilism and obsessive fear. “We live in a time where mental health is a growing issue”, declares guitarist Mads Sørensen. “This album is our way of shining a light on the struggle, the chaos, and also the potential for healing and understanding”. The songs are more ambitious and atmospheric than ever before, with sweeping arrangements and bold lyrical storytelling to match the emotional weight of the themes.

“Hell for the Helpless” will be released on LP (purple vinyl limited to 150 copies), CD and digital on 12.09.2025, via From The Vaults. 

The first digital single taken from the album, titled “The Madness”, is available now on all streaming services, here: https://bfan.link/the-madness

Pre-order the album at https://targetshop.dk/exelerate/

“Hell for the Helpless” tracklist:

1. The Breach
2. The Madness
3. The Summoning
4. Headfirst into the Void
5. A Painful Debt
6. Death Cult
7. Falling in Lust
8. Impending Doom
9. The Legend of Lightning
10. Stranger out of Time

Recorded and produced by the band themselves, with producer Io Klarstrup leading the sessions, “Hell for the Helpless” captures the raw passion and precision of a band firing on all cylinders. Final mixing and mastering were once again handled by Marco Angioni (Tygers Of Pan Tang, Steel Inferno, Meridian), who brings massive sonic weight and clarity to the record’s rich, dynamic sound.

Visually, the album continues Exelerate’s collaboration with airbrush artist Steen Jensen, who delivers a trippy, vivid cover artwork inspired by the inner workings of the troubled mind. It’s a perfect visual complement to the album’s introspective concept – where darkness can easily take root if left unchecked.

Alongside the digital edition, “Hell for the Helpless” will be released on CD and limited edition vinyl, with a tracklist curated specifically for front-to-back listening. The band will support the release with an extensive Danish tour in fall 2025.

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen – guitars 
Stefan Jensen – vocals, guitars 
Io Brix Klarstrup – bass 
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen – drums 

Webshop: https://bit.ly/exe-tgt

Web:
Official site
Facebook
Instagram
Bandcamp
Spotify
Apple Music
YouTube Music
Qobuz
Tidal
Deezer

Photo by Mathias Sandvig-Lykkegaard

Danish power thrash force EXELERATE unleash their new official video and digital single, “The Madness”: a relentless dive into the shadowy corners of the human mind. Fueled by piercing riffs, lightning-speed solos, and blistering high vocals, the song captures the inner torment of depressive rumination, that quiet war between sanity and the pull of darkness. It’s fast, aggressive, and uncomfortably real.

Forged in the heart of Denmark’s metal underground, Exelerate blends the precision of prog with the fury of thrash and the grandeur of power metal. With a sound that channels the old-school spirit while carving out something unmistakably modern, they’ve created a sonic identity that’s both brutal and intricate, built to erupt on stage and stick in your mind long after.

After Exelerate’s self-titled debut album, out in 2023 via From The Vaults, “The Madness” kicks off a new chapter for the Danes, ahead of a new album announcement.

The madness is here. And it sounds glorious.

Join the premiering here:

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen – guitars
Stefan Jensen – vocals, guitars
Io Brix Klarstrup – bass
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen – drums

Digital single: https://bfan.link/the-madness

More information:
https://exelerate.dk/
https://www.facebook.com/Exelerateband
https://www.instagram.com/exeleratedk/
https://exelerate.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/artist/0jRw54h5J5HeIkexDiOHZC
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/exelerate/1650072322
https://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/interpreter/exelerate/16020139
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6279872
https://dzr.page.link/v5hdCBX4FZ9CTqBA7

Have you ever looked into the mirror and asked: “Am I wasting my life on simple pleasures and pointless diversions?”. If you have, then you know what the new EXELERATE song/video is about.

Having the same kind of power/thrash metal with progressive hints approach as their debut album – but to a whole new level – “Headfirst Into The Void” kicks off the Danes’ promotion round for their upcoming tour and concerts.

“It explores the hedonism and wastefulness that lives in us all”, the band says about the song. “The hunt for momentary happiness and the neglect of moral and spiritual responsibilities, is something we all must come to terms with at some point in our life. So, will you wake up and embrace a meaningful existence or will you just go headfirst into the void?”
 
“Headfirst Into The Void” is out on February 9th on all streaming platforms, and also, on an official video.

Join the premiering below.

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen: guitars
Stefan Jensen: vocals, guitars
Io Klarstrup: bass
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen: drums

Digital single: https://exelera.lnk.to/void

Web:
https://www.facebook.com/exelerateband
https://www.instagram.com/exeleratedk/
https://targetgroup.bandcamp.com/album/exelerate
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0jRw54h5J5HeIkexDiOHZC
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/exelerate/1650072322
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6279872

Photo by Jakob Muxoll

Having released their self-titled debut album in March this year to an unexpected success in the heavy metal scene, Danish epic power thrashers EXELERATE now release the official video for the opening track of the album, “Arrival”. A track that shows the band’s take on power/thrash metal in all its glory: melodic, classic and with balls!

Today Metal Shock Finland has a pleasure to premiere for Finland EXELERATE’s official video “Arrival”, enjoy it below.

EXELERATE is a power thrash metal band from Denmark. They play fast and aggressive riffs combined virtuose guitar solos and high-pitched vocals to create a new, yet familiar brand of metal. They quickly found strength in combining their individual music influences to create a mix of thrash, power and prog metal. It set the stage for the aggressive, but still approachable sound and the complexity of the compositions that all of their songs are made of.

They are inspired by bands like Megadeth, Anthrax, DIO and Dream Theater and make heavy use of both the traditional and the new in metal. They have a great focus on how their music is perceived in a live situation. “It’s in a live environment you get the chance to grab new listeners by the collar and show them how it’s done”, the lead singer Stefan Jensen comments. “They need to be enticed, inspired and spoiled until they can’t get enough. It is therefore important for us to give them something to latch on to, like a catchy melody, a fantastic solo or just a massive breakdown. It’s all a part of capturing the audience’s attention and keeping it”.

Exelerate is now in full swing and ready to release their debut album under the Danish label From The Vaults. The record consists of new and original material, designed to showcase just how metal should sound in 2023. It’s a concept work where every track tells a story about humankind’s tendencies towards both dominance and submission. The themes go from old religions to contemporary ideology worship and even further into the ultimate submission to our own mortality.

“To date, these are the most ambitious compositions I have ever been a part of writing, and I am incredibly proud of the end result”, Jensen says. “It has taken up many hours, days, weeks, years in the rehearsing studio, and the entire effort is realized in full on the album, I think”.

“Exelerate” was recorded with the help of, among others, Casper Augustenborg as the drum recording engineer and Io Brix Klarstrup, who pulls double duty as both the band’s bass player and recording engineer. The skilled hands of Marco Angioni (Angioni Studios) have made sure that Exelerate sounds better than ever, with a new massive sound that the listener easily can let their face melt away to.

The album’s artwork was made by the danish artist Steen Jensen who, with his airbrush and proclivities towards the dark and strange, has made a surreal visual universe inspired by the opening track on the album “Arrival”.

Lineup:
Mads Sørensen – guitars
Stefan Jensen – vocals, guitars
Io Klarstrup – bass
Stig Eilsøe-Madsen – drums

Webshop: https://bit.ly/exe-target

More information at:

• https://exelerate.dk/
• https://www.facebook.com/exelerateband
• https://www.instagram.com/exeleratedk/
• https://open.spotify.com/artist/0jrw54h5j5heikexdiohzc