Forgotten Music: xonefifthx

While not insanely unique or pivotal, this short lived straight edge band from Florida serves as a defining sound of a very specific time in heavy music. These teenagers wrote and blended straightedge hardcore, midwest emo, melodic punk, and elements of metal into a pressure cooked demo that would push this music to the masses. It served as a crossroads of the above genres, exposing a new generation to the foundational bands and albums that blended together in this short stretch of music. More importantly, it showed the directions their mentees would go, building into some of the music we still hear today.