History YMMV / MagoDeOz

* ReplacementScrappy: There are people who simply would '''not''' accept Zeta as the band's vocalist. The jury's now still out on Zeta's own replacement Rafa Blas.

* ReplacementScrappy: There are people who simply will '''not''' accept Zeta as the band's vocalist.

* TaintedByThePreview: From ''Ilussia'' onwards, there's the popular perception that the members of Mägo have become rather bad at the task of choosing which themes will be released as singles. ''Ira Dei'' was a great example because its two singles, "La Cantiga de las Brujas" and "Te traeré el horizonte", are considered the blandest songs of an album otherwise full of excellent themes.

** While ''Ilussia'' was a convincing hit, not everybody was satisfied with it, and ''Finisterra Opera Rock'', its anniversary followup, set back a lot of what the previous album had achieved. However, after a four years hiatus, the band came back with a new double album, ''Ira Dei'', which was universally considered terrific.

* AcceptableTargets:
** The Catholic Church is their usual whipping boy. Also Spanish conservatives and right-wingers (and the Spanish government, of course), although Txus has stated he doesn't like to get political other than very sporadically.
** The band itself among the Spanish metal community, to the point it is sometimes joked that you cannot really call yourself a metalhead or talk about metal in Spain without disliking Mägo de Oz (or at the very least ''current'' Mägo de Oz). As an example, in 2018 Spanish music website Rafabasa hosted a [[https://www.rafabasa.com/2018/11/26/concurso-nightwish-la-banda-incognita-son-mago-de-oz-podeis-escuchar-un-fragmento-de-su-tema-el-septimo-sello/ contest]] where people would try to find out the author(s) of a still unreleased, minute-long song piece. People praised the fragment and speculated with Music/MarilynManson, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/LambOfGod, Music/AmonAmarth... until it was shockingly revealed it belonged to Mägo, specifically its up and coming disc ''Ira Dei''. The reactions then suddenly changed to vociferous fans calling the piece unoriginal and shoddy, as well as typically accusing Mägo of having lost their style.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic

* DorkAge: For many people, the band is in this kind of age since José left. This opinion was actually solidified with ''Celtic Land'''s failure to take off, however, as few people had bad things to say about ''Hechizos, pócimas y brujería'' other than José not being on it. Whether the band has managed to get out or not, and when, are diverse topics.

* NeverLiveItDown: In 2007, Chilean singer Fernando Ubierco denunciated Mägo de Oz of plagiarism. The band argued it was actually a typo (they listed a version song as written by Txus when it was written by Ubierco), although they had to concede. The incident could have been just that, but it made explode all kinds of accusations of plagiarism by music fans towards every other Mägo work, to the extent there are entire forums of people pointing out supposed similarities (some plausibly qualifying as inspirations, but others being really farfetched) between their songs and other well known works.

* TheScrappy: Surprisingly enough, the band's leader himself, Txus di Fellatio. Even his own personal fans admit he ''is'' an awful PR figure for the band (he's typically very thin-skinned in interviews, has several controversial moments through the group's history, and easily comes across as egotistical and pedantic) and a technically bad drummer (his greatest talent has always been considered to be his songwriting skills, not his own ability as a musician - though he has proved to be a somewhat decent singer too). His indecisive enmity with José Andrëa after the latter's departure only increased Txus's unpopularity, as José had always been a fan favorite and one of the most personable members of the band.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: While Txus is often criticized for being a bad drummer, his role in Bürdel King proved, against the expectations of many, that he is a surprisingly decent ''singer'', to the extent of being able to carry the weight of a band on his shoulders on that field.

* CriticalDissonance: Happened between ''Hechizos, pócimas y brujería'' and ''Ilussia'', the first two discs of the Zeta era. The latter beat the former in sales, popularity and impact overall, but the former actually has the victory in ratings by most music review sites.

** Naturally, with José Andrëa y Uróboros, as well as Runa Llena, although there are still plenty of people who follows all of them.

* TheScrappy: Surprisingly enough, the band's leader himself, Txus di Fellatio. Even his own personal fans admit he ''is'' an awful PR figure for the band (he's typically very thin-skinned in interviews, has made several controversial things through the group's history, and easily comes across as egotistical and pedantic) and a technically bad drummer (his greatest talent has always been considered to be his songwriting skills, not his own ability as a musician - though he has proved to be a significantly good singer too). His indecisive enmity with José Andrëa after the latter's departure only increased Txus's unpopularity, as José had always been a fan favourite and one of the most personable members of the band.

* FandomRivalry: Naturally, with José Andrëa y Uróboros, as well as Runa Llena, although there are still plenty of people who follows all of them.

* HarsherInHindsight: The theme of the 2019 album ''Ira Dei'' was the end of the world, and its imagery included world plagues and seas of corpses. [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic A year later]], the unfortunate coincidence didn't go unnoticed. It was acknowledged by the band themselves with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTcVBNfnb8 home made video focusing on social distancing]].

** The band itself among the Spanish metal community, to the point it is sometimes joked that you cannot really call yourself a metalhead or talk about Celtic metal in Spain without disliking Mägo de Oz (or at the very least ''current'' Mägo de Oz). As an example, in 2018 Spanish music website Rafabasa hosted a [[https://www.rafabasa.com/2018/11/26/concurso-nightwish-la-banda-incognita-son-mago-de-oz-podeis-escuchar-un-fragmento-de-su-tema-el-septimo-sello/ contest]] where people would try to find out the author(s) of a still unreleased, minute-long song piece. People praised the fragment and speculated with Music/MarilynManson, Music/CradleOfFilth, Music/LambOfGod, Music/AmonAmarth... until it was shockingly revealed it belonged to Mägo, specifically its up and coming disc ''Ira Dei''. The reactions then suddenly changed to vociferous fans calling the piece unoriginal and shoddy, as well as typically accusing Mägo of having lost their style.

** ''Finisterra Opera Rock'', a version of ''Finisterra'' redone by Zeta and many guest artists, received a mixed reception by everybody, but for very different reasons. Detractors of Zeta argued that his voice was unfit for the album's style and (again) that it was a sign of disrespect to José to redo old songs; defenders opined that the real problem is that the guest artists didn't team up well with Zeta and that he should have sung the album all by himself.
** While ''Ilussia'' managed to beat the previous disc in sales and left a deeper mark in the band's story, its quirky style meant reviews were often completely opposed to each other about what songs were the best in his list.

** ''Hechizos, Pócimas y Brujería'' is not as well remembered as other classics (not only for lacking an overarching RockOpera story like most Mägo albums, but also for ending up overshadowed by ''Ilussia'' after the troubled reception of the in-between cover disc ''Celtic Land''), but it didn't fail at winning the obligatory Gold Disc and high praise, and proved that Zeta was an awesome singer in his own style.
* DorkAge: For many people, the band is in this kind of age since José left. This opinion was actually solidified with ''Celtic Land'''s failure to take off, however, as few people had bad things to say about ''Hechizos, Pócimas y Brujería'' other than José not being on it. Whether the band has managed to get out or not, and when, are diverse topics.

* HarsherInHindsight: The theme of the 2019 album ''Ira Dei'' was the end of the world, and its imagery included world plagues and seas of corpses. [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic A year later]], the unfortunate coincidence didn't go unnoticed. Acknowledged by the band themselves with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWTcVBNfnb8 home made video focusing on social distancing]].

** Just hours after Mägo released the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDGQLi7_jbk "Revolución"]], Spanish fans panned it for being too pop-rock style. Apparently, none of those paid attention on the label that explained that the song was a cover of a ''pop-rock band'' (specifically, the one Mägo's vocalist Patricia Tapia leads, KHY).

* TheScrappy: Surprisingly enough, the band's leader himself, Txus di Fellatio. Even his own personal fans admit he ''is'' an awful PR figure for the band (he's typically very thin-skinned interviews, has made several controversial claims through the group's history, and easily comes across as egotistical and pedantic) and a technically bad drummer (his greatest talent has always been considered to be his songwriting skills, not his own ability as a musician - though he has proved to be a significantly good singer too). His indecisive enmity with José Andrëa after the latter's departure only increased Txus's unpopularity, as José had always been a fan favourite and one of the most personable members of the band.

* WinBackTheCrowd: The Spanish metal scene declared after José left that Mägo was dead and would never be good to listen to again. Then it came ''Hechizos, pócimas y brujería'', which was highly praised by critics, broke selling records (including a Gold Disc) and established Zeta's place in the band. Even the most bitter detractors concede that the album fits exactly Zeta's style and that at least its title song is a solid classic in the band's history.