Moriah
Where, Death, Is Your Victory?
Moriah hails from Brazil and as far as I know, this is their debut album, Where, Death, Is Your Victory? Once you get past the sub-par production you'll find a pretty decent band that plays a mixture of death, doom, thrash, and black metal with a heavy reliance on keyboards. Moriah mixes the styles of a ton of different bands, including: Ashen Mortality, Morphia, Seventh Angel, Sanctifica, Demoniciduth, Mortification, Saviour Machine, Paramaecium, and Morgion among others. You think I’m joking right? Well, those were just the ones I could think of. Many other times I just couldn’t put my finger on who they sounded like. Somehow, they mix all of these bands without deliberately copying, and it’s still listenable.
This is not a band that will blow your mind, but they surprised me in that after I finished listening, I was like...hey, that was pretty cool!
- Matt Morrow
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Comments
By Ben
In Salinas, CA, where I live...There is a band named "Moria" and that is basically the same name so i don't kow what's goin' on...
By Nick
Ive heard some good stuff about this band....but ive never actually heard them.....where can i get there stuff?
By Teddy A
There is a great band named Moriah, and they did some great music. They did one album, and then vanished. Last I heard, they were located in the Houston area. You may remember one of their songs called "Superman." That is, if you listened to Christian "Contemporary" radio five years ago. Out.
By Robin
I've seen the Salinas Moria at Jim's...this band should show up and confuse people haha. Moriah sounds fascinating...a little too death metal and not enough hXc for me. Later, Robin
By Dan
Moriah rules.
