What exactly is wrong with Uada?

Ever since they hit the black metal scene US melodic black metal act Uada has been an 'in' band to hate on and I've never been unable to understand why. It's become even more evident than ever with the release of their third album Djinn, which can't even break a 3 star average rating on RYM (which on that site is basically saying it's irredemable crap).

Most of what I see said against Uada is usally along the lines of Mgla this or Mgla that. And I get that even less when Uada belongs to a different sub-genre of black metal than Mgla. And even if they did sound like Mgla, we're talking about black metal here. It's genre overpopulation taken to extreme levels and so many bands out there actively trying to just be cold, raw and kvlt that it's a total cliché, yet none of these bands will ever be criticised half as much as Uada has been, or any other 'in' black metal act to hate, like Carach Angren or Myrkur.

So why the bandwagon against Uada? And just what the hell has Mgla really got to do with it? In fact people on RYM are now accusing them of trying too hard to not sounding like Mgla on the new record. So it looks like the argument against them just changes no matter what, just so that the hatewagon against the band can continue.

Here are some samples of Uada's music.

 

I often find that I have pretty strong opinions about some artists that others love, but I usually try and keep my opinions to myself or at least try and Express those opinions as diplomatic as possible. No need to ruin someone else´s listening experience just because you don´t enjoy what you hear...

Normally I'd agree but it's RYM and 3.0 is basically their threshold for adequate. I wouldn't go as far to say 'irredeemable crap' like Ashley since there's albums on there with like 1.something but sub-3.0 is usually considered a sign of not being worth your time. The majority of albums probably level out in the low end 3.0's and not being able to even get that would normally be a sign that an album as a serious problem. 

Or just a wagonload of haters armed with keyboards. 

...at any rate, I don't see any reason to believe an album with only 1 review is being bombarded by undeserved hate or something.  Give it time.  Write your own positive review. 

666sharon666 wrote: We are talking about a site here that thinks Filosofem is the best black metal album ever made after all.

should be 2nd after A Blaze In The Northern Sky, obviously 

On a more serious note, the combination of influence and hipster aesthetics makes it obvious why Filosofem would be up there

Triceratopsoil wrote: ..at any rate, I don't see any reason to believe an album with only 1 review is being bombarded by undeserved hate or something.  Give it time.  Write your own positive review.

 

I'm having trouble believing you understood the context of the topic, since this isn't and has never been about the reviews (or lack of them) of one of the band's releases on RYM. People have been ragging on Uada since their debut, going on and on about how much they rip off Mgla etc. I merely used the below 3 average on Djinn as one example. This is hardly unique to the RYM crowd. Last.fm, YouTube, it's all there if you look through comments.

The idea behind the topic was to see if anyone could come up with some valid criticism without mentioning Mgla. And perhaps have a reasoned discussion about the bands and genre.

Basically I'm sick of reading about Mgla when I look up Uada. Perhaps a better question to ask would have been why Mgla has become the BM band that the sun shines out of and must not be ripped off (real or imagined) on pain of death by keyboard warriors who act like there are no other black metal bands but Mgla and Uada.

For the record what Mgla I've heard was good, it's the connection everyone makes between the two acts that really puzzles me.

Triceratopsoil wrote: Youtube comments are about getting a reaction, obviously it worked.

This topic is not a reaction to a YouTube comment. Just another example of why this isn't about a specfic site.