“Soft” metal band/song suggestions for a newbie?

Hello!

I’ve never been a huge fan of metal but then again I never gave it much of a chance, I like rock music but I listen to the same old stuff and I need something new. I’m looking to dip my toes in the water, so to speak, so as to ease me into the genre gently, progressively. I just wanna give it a chance, but I don’t wanna dive straight in, as I know it can get quite intense, and I’m not totally down for that yet. I figure that I may want to explore the “louder” metal down the road once I’ve gotten a taste for the genre itself if that makes sense.

I don’t even know if “soft” metal is a thing, really, just a shot in the dark.

I like MCR, Pierce the Veil, Violent Femmes, Linkin Park Green Day Radiohead, Nirvana, The Smiths Joy Division She Wants Revenge Metallica etc