If you like scooped then the Painkiller is not a good idea. It's got a ton of mids. The scooped pup is a Cold Sweat.
I agree 100%
The Painkiller is ceramic and tight but has very strong mids and not scooped at all.
Even the ceramic Black Hawk is not scooped.
If you are looking for bridge pickups with a scooped mid range the options are the Cold Sweat and the Miracle Man. For more metal tones I would strongly recommend the Miracle Man, which works well in Les Pauls.
The Impulse also has less mids than either of the Black Hawks and in the right guitar can sound pretty brutal. I was surprised how well it held up compared to the alnico Black Hawk in that regard in the same guitar, a Schecter C-1 Blackjack ATX, which is mahogany body, mahogany set neck. The Impulse is clearer and had more punch in that guitar, especially after I installed a Gotoh 510FB bridge, which has massive sustain but more rolled off in teh highs and warmer in the mids due to the brass saddles. The Impulse restored some of the bite that was lost when I changed the bridge, and doesn't feel less powerful. The Impulse set is really nice in that guitar actually, and it has since been tuned down from C standard to Ab standard. Open Ab power chords on the neck pickup sound like Sunn O)))
Radiator covers look fantastic on blade pickups, especially in nickel, raw nickel, brushed nickel, or aged gold. I don't like TV covers on anything except HSP90s and I don't think radiators look that good on pickups with individual pole pieces. On the blade pickups they look a bit like the old Peavey toaster pickups.
Cover choice, bobbin colour etc is worth considering in terms of resale value if you change your mind about pickups later. There has been a set of white Black Hawks on ebay here in Australia for ages, despite the fact that Black Hawks (and BKPs generally) are really hard to source here at the moment, and most choices need to be ordered from the UK. They have gold battleworn covers. I would have bought them myself before now if they were uncovered. Just something to think about. You might be better off with regular gold covers if you need gold, Gold definitely has its haters but solid cover with gold screws is definitely easier to sell.
Oh also I made a copy and paste error in that quote of my post. I have corrected it now in my post. Sorry for any confusion. MM, CS, AM, PK, Rag are all ceramic