I wouldn't say your alone. I am into metal in a big way and I crank my mids too. It depends on what I'm playing though, I think that scooping mids can make your sound heavier, but with the mids you get a meaner tone.

I love metal but I also like a lot of prog stuff, and lately Mars Volta. So I would say my tone is kinda influenced by that. I like a real nasally sound, especially for leads. I don't play with a bassist much though so I do occasionally scoop em mids to get a lower sound.

Plus I play drop d and Eb standard so I have to fight to give my mids and low ends enough presence, so they generally and up pretty high.