Who is the better drummer: Lars Ulrich (Metallica) or Danny Carey (Tool)?

is this a real debate?

80s Lars- insanely great
Danny Carey is amazing

Back in the 80's Lars was well known as one of the best drummers out there. For some reason when the internet was created, it became okay to dog on Lars drum skills. Listen to the entire And Justice for All album & tell me he sucks. You can't.

The material Metallica has put out since Justice is nothing like 80's Metallica when it come to drumming. They are 2 completely different bands.

Danny Carey is a drum legend. Period. Can't wait to see him in action Saturday night.

this isn't even close...

and lars should have died instead of cliff

I'm a yuge Metallica guy, but Lars isn't really very good. In a live setting, he's terrible at keeping time. But I always liked him anyway because he has his own style, like his cymbal crashes on the two-beat.

Danny. Now can we change people?

Danny Carey is better to me. I love both bands and Lars Ulrich is a great drummer and has that attitude and snarl you don't see in many bands today, but a lot of his drumming is just about being fast and intense. Danny Carey, I feel, is more technical and precise. Tool's changing time signatures, varying tempo, and drastic change in dynamics, oftentimes within a single song, really takes some serious chops to pull off.

In Metal, meter is not paramount. It's chops. Lars has chops and they could quanitize him in studio before digital when he got off meter. He was the money kid of Metallica. Very smart business wise also (white privileged?!?)

Danny is a freak studio session type drummer who happens to play in a band called Tool.

The drum solo Danny played at the Smoothie King in January was something I've been waiting to see since I was in fifth grade. It blew every expectation I had out of the water. I don't know how he makes only drums sound so....musical?