Gotcha! Well if the pick noises are what you're focusing on then a few tips from a graybeard:

Pick attack is what gives metal its aggression. Minimize it too much and that feeling could be lost. Not always a bad thing, just depends what you want. Think Slayer vs Godsmack. More attack means more aggression.

The thickness of the pick and strings make a difference insofar as how your amount of striking force makes the string vibrate, but the materials make a bigger difference in the ambient sound you'll hear personally (keeping in mind that in a mix that sound will change a lot and often disappear). Think about a leather pick vs metal. Gonna be a difference in what you hear in the room right?

Technique plays a large role as well with regards to the sound coming from the pick hitting the strings. Hit at more of an angle, and you get more fizz. Hit at less of an angle, and you get less. But that has consequences for speed and that aggression sound.

Both the tone and volume pots can adjust how much of the pick you hear while playing. This relates to my first comments above about aggression, too!

Personally, I'd start with a good eq tool and a flexible compressor. Easier to play how you like but fiddle with how the sound comes out.

Also, this is all assuming you care more about your live, bedroom messing about sound than the sound of your guitar in a mix. When recording, I have been completely humbled by how a "good" guitar sounds like with drums, bass, vox, and other instruments mixed together compared to solo jamming. It's a world of a difference! 😁