Effective period / Period of releases: 1992

Members: Tom Bittner, Mic Cardone, Curt Allen (3), Pete Manuel, Michael Cardone, Jeff Koza

Moriah is a hard rock/glam metal band from Rochester, New York, USA, that was formed in 1986. The band split up in 1993. Not to be confused with Moriah (2) from Pelham.

The band soon became very popular in the upstate NY region during the late 80's-early 90's. In 1991 the band released a self titled 5 song ep. Included on the disc was the power ballad "Sun Always Shines". The song soon became a staple for Local airplay in Rochester, NY on 96.5 WCMF and wound up on the stations top 50 most requested songs of that year. In 1993 the band released the full length CD "Mirror Man" Again, program directors could not resist the melodic stylings of Moriah and were soon slamming the airwaves with yet another power ballad entitled "Dreamin' about you". Moriah continued touring through 1993 but disbanded later that year. In the summer of 2004 the band reunited for one special show and released its third CD "Unreleased & Unplugged". The disc contains 4 unreleased studio tracks, 4 unreleased unplugged tracks from the ep & Mirror Man as well as radio spots, an interview and a 1996 reunion jam.