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Don't EVER cut mids on a guitar. The guitar is an instrument made up of PRIMARILY MID FREQUENCIES, so you'd be an idiot to cut those out and be left with...well, fizz.
Metal sounds are all about the right kind of distortion, and the right amount. There's no right or wrong way to do it, it took me years of trying and owning countless different types of guitar amplifier to get to know the different sounds and how to achieve them.
Not saying that you need to go shopping for the next 5 years to find a good sound, just saying that all advice, especially on a forum like this, is to be taken with a grain of salt, and you'll get much more out of experimenting and learning yourself. This forum in particular is notorious for misinformation (I actually stopped coming here when I was a beginner...)
In regards to your original post, don't worry so much about "keeping the mids high and crisp" or whatever. There are plenty of tools to balance the mix, sometimes you may even find that your crisp guitar tone is too crisp and needs to be dialled back a bit. Since you're using plugins you're in a great spot as you can always go back and tweak it, and find the settings that work best for you in a mix.
Just find a sound that YOU like, and work from there. After a few recordings and mixes you'll have a feel for where the sweet spot FOR YOU is on the amp's knobs, and thus be able to dial a good tone in quickly.
Apologies for the ramble...
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