My humble advice - if you want to write complex melodies - fucking go for it. Don't change what you want to write for someone else. Write what you want to hear, and keep working at it til it comes together and you express yourself as an individual. Pat Metheny utilises beautiful and complex melodies that are catchy as all fuck.
"What the world heard in Nirvana's music was three human beings, three distinct personalities ... proudly on display -- three people that had been left to their own devices their entire lives to find their voices," Grohl said. "It was honest, it was pure, and it was real. And up until that point no one had ever told me how to play or what to play, and now no one ever would again."
For the melodic passages and changes in sections, you could consider trying to tie the transitions together a little more smoothly to connect the piece a bit more - if thats your intention at all.
On the mix side of things, my opinion is you could definitely bring the snares forward more and also back off the HPF roll off, back off the reverb a bit on it all and maybe also bring some of the hats a little more center. Also have a play with subharmonics on the kick drum to give it a little more oomph even at low levels.
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