Describe alternative metal music and the pre-existing musical styles it borrowed from.

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Combined elements of alternative music from the preceding two decades; uses metal-style riffs, often with fuzz tone; vocals often feature growls, shouts, and screams; rap rock and nu metal were two of the styles that most immediately preceded it - see music of Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.; also influenced by speed, thrash, and death metal styles that evolved in the 1980s; System of a Down is an example of the genre; Armenian-American band from California, lead singer Serj Tankian; song "B.Y.O.B." expresses contempt for Iraq war; aggressive musical style.

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