Anyway , wether you like it or not , young guitarists will always find it cool to scoop their mids while their learning their fav heavy tunes in their bedrooms ... I haven't done that for years now since I don't like this sound even for bedroom anymore , but it did the trick back in time.
I still don't get your point against tuning low for heaviness , since over 90% of death/black/nu metal bands do it to sound heavy, if not using a 7 strings (which they also tune down oftenly !).
Don't misunderstand me , I'm a standard (occasionaly half step down) 6 string old school guy , not a one year old metal head . ;)