when I transitioned out of Hardcore Punk to black rock, I was ready for it.

So it's not just alterna-metal, it's a black rock thing - latter day Bad Brains.

That's one of the reasons "build a nation" was so lackluster, on the punk tracks they tried to do the old sound, and they were better with the black rock sound of "I against I", "Quickness" and "God of love".