it almost sounds like youre saying that kirks guitarplaying is worse than lars drumming?
I am not a guitar player so I will reserve comment on Kirk’s abilities. I am however a drummer of 30+ years and it is literally shocking how bad Lars is. I say this as a huge fan of some of Metallica’s recordings.
It is as though Lars hasn’t bothered to practice in decades. The proof is watching him play live vs listening to Pro Tools enhanced Metallica studio recordings which clean up all of his slop.
The other night I clicked a YouTube modern day live Metallica performance of “Orion” from MOP......this is straightforward 4/4 stuff....no intricate double kick or blast beats anywhere in the song. Lars couldn’t even consistently keep a backbeat. His fills sounded like a teenager with a couple of years under his belt of playing. His tempo was ALL OVER the place. The sad part is that this kind of playing has become the norm for Lars and not the exception.
Pains me to say this because I used to hold AJFA up as a high water mark of metal drumming....even if Lars had incredible assistance from producer Flemming Rasmussen to get those tracks down on tape.