Dave Mustaine said it best.
"If you can't write a heavy riff with a guitar tuned to A-440hz. Then you need to throw the thing away and get a real job".

Gotta say. Nu-Metal proves him right. It's crap and about as heavy as a souffle.

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lol that's an awesome quote from Mustaine

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i prefer 440 but my band tunes down 1/2 step. the guitar i play everyday is 440 tuning. i play several tunes in drop D but i try and keep my heavy sounds tight and articulate.
by the way, i agree with dave.

Ok just for the sake of argument when alternate tunings are concerned....

Peppino D'agostino
Pierre Bensusan
Stefan Grossman
Al Petteway

Just some to check out...But if it's too acoustic for you 'all then there is always......

Duane Allman
Sonny Landreth
Johnny Winter

Iv'e not listed a few more but a search should reveal a couple...

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Include distortion.

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i love drop D. its all ive ever really played in. though, i think when playing standard E tuning. when you add distortion..it gives the guitar this really amazing growl and presence that drop D tuning just doesn't produce. however, when playing in drop D, you can do some really cool fretting patters..as well as when you are playing in drop D. if you add the octave to the note..it sounds very cool IMO.

like this

D--5------------------
A--5------------------
D--7------------------
G---------------------
B---------------------
E---------------------

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I know of a lot of people who play a half step down..mostly due to their guitars staying in tune a lot better than when in E standard

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Actually, metal was like the souffle of music, then it stopped being a delicacy after a while. Nu-Metal is like a deflated souffle, or a perfectly good dead horse that people started beating.

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mark tremonti of creed and alter bridge uses drop D tuning very well in my opinion. (spell check). i totally agree with nicebass, drop D can be used very tastefully with or without distortion.