It actually depends on your amp head. A lot of variations need to be thought about. I have a Crate GT1200H, sometimes I use the distortion on the head(only when practicing). Are you using a distortion pedal? If you are, when using my dist. pedal, I put my high almost all the way up, mid a bit past half, the low a little farther then the mid. I get a really thick, chunky tone but clear. Hope this helps you some.
If you need the answer in mids, bass, treble, here are my settings: Drive: 10, Mids 1: 2 Mid 2: 1 Bass: 10 Treble: 8.5
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Your budget has a large impact on what can be seen as the "best" amp for heavy metal.
Under $500: -Peavey 5150 combo (used)
-Peavey Vypyr tube
-Several Randall heads
-Crate Blue Voodoo
$500-1000:
-Marshall DSL/TSL/JCM models
-Peavey 5150/6505/6505+ head
-Mesa Boogie Rectifier series (used)
$1000-Very Expensive:
-DAR amplifiers
-Fortin amplifiers
-Baron K88
-ENGL (most models)
-Bogner Uberschall
-EVH 5150III
-Hughes & Kettner Triamp
-Orange Thunderverb
-Diezel VH4
They probably have different settings for different songs.
Probably because the tone settings on your amp or guitar are boosting that frequency range.
I'd say their all great for it, a custom 24 and a Mesa Boogie Double Rectifier amp this guy on youtube with an European accent did a great job playing metal on it.
Usualy I use Bass-5 Gain-9 Mids-7-8 Treble-10
all you do is turn mid up all the way