Saw this thread and had to post one of my favorite local Baltimore bands... Dog Fashion Disco. They had their last show a few years ago and dissolved for all the reasons bands normally do. Lack of large commercial success was on of them. They had a metal, jazz, hardcore fusion sound with lead singer Todd Smith laying down some uniquely diverse vocal talent. Offen compaired to Mike Patton. Check them out and their new band if you like hardcore with a melodic and sometimes sadistic flair...
http://www.myspace.com/dogfashiondisco
The lead singer and guitarist of DFF went on to start a new band called Polkadot Cadaver...
http://www.myspace.com/polkadotcadaver
I just picked up their CD Polkadot Cadaver - Purgarory Dance Party. If you want to hear a hardcore indie album unlike anything you've ever heard pick up a copy. Badass!