There’s something I find cool about a band having a song named after itself. It sounds superficial, but it conjures thoughts of Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, tells me that some thought went into the name.

Another Black Day’s self-titled song is the opener of its self-titled debut album. These guys were off to a great start before I even heard them. And when their music started rattling my speakers, they met every expectation I had. I can see them having major crossover success, sitting as they do at the intersection of hard rock and thrash metal. The lead single, “Wicked Soul,” follows the soft-hard format of so many rock radio songs, while other tracks, such as “Anymore” and “Take Back,” rumble along with Slayer-like riffing. Guitarists Matthew Wilkof and Ernesto Paez trade leads and make a formidable team. Wilkof also handles vocal duties and displays an impressive range.

Another Black Day has all of the ingredients necessary to go far in the metal world and has delivered one of the genre’s most impressive recent debuts.