Me too (Rode metallic high end). I used the heck out of an NT1000 for almost two years and once my monitoring chain improved my ears demanded that I get rid of it.
Perhaps if I had a darker sounding pre, or a compressor that could shave off some high end, the mic would sound pretty good. In general, I like it's proximity effect and midrange. But that high end..... *shudder*.
I wan to throw out the sennheiser e609s as a contender... just played with one this week. bright on the silver side, but useable on the black side, and tons of great tones to be had off axis.