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It seems you've experimented with just about every rock-based genre out there. I think it's time for you to check out metal. I would recommend getting started with Opeth. The degree of musicality going on with them is absolutely insane. They are easily the most dynamic music I've ever heard. One minute there's pounding double bass and crushing guitar riffs with deep growled vocals (which will grow on you if you don't like them at first), the next there's some jazzy drumming and delicate acoustic (or clean electric) guitar playing and beautiful singing.
A few songs that are good to get a good picture of Opeth's sound:
The Drapery Falls
Harvest
Godhead's Lament
Moonlapse Vertigo
Those are the songs that converted me (although the all melodic album Damnation was what got me interested).
If you like Opeth, or just want to try some other metal, I recommend:
Ulver. Their first three albums were an experiment in black metal, although their second album Kveldssanger has no metal elements at all and is basically folk music (and it's excellent). After those albums they've been doing mostly electronic music.
Songs: Chapter I from the Bergtatt album, Halling and Utriese from Kveldssanger
Agalloch. If you like Opeth's vibe, then you might like Agalloch. The vocals aren't so great, but most of the music is instrumental anyway. It's very atmospheric and some of the most depressing music I've ever heard.
Songs: A celebration for the death of man, Wolves of the Timberline, She Painted Fire Across the Skyline (Part III), Odal.
A few others to investigate: Arcturus, Borknagar, Death, Finntroll (which is polka-metal, very cool), Savatage, Novembre, Nevermore, and anything Dan Swano has been involved with.
I hope you take the time to listen to some of this.
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