Lars Ulrich – drums

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drummer human musician record producer songwriter

Lars Ulrich is the Danish-born co-founder and longtime drummer of the influential heavy metal band Metallica.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lars Ulrich	9
Lars Ulrich – drums canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5783946 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lars Ulrich – drums
Context triple: [Metallica, hasMemberRole, Lars Ulrich – drums]

A. Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.
B. Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante is an American drummer best known as a longtime member and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Anthrax.
C. Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe and for his highly publicized personal life.
D. Matt Cameron
Matt Cameron is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
E. Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lars Ulrich – drums
Target entity description: Lars Ulrich is the Danish-born co-founder and longtime drummer of the influential heavy metal band Metallica.

A. Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.
B. Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante is an American drummer best known as a longtime member and primary songwriter of the thrash metal band Anthrax.
C. Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe and for his highly publicized personal life.
D. Matt Cameron
Matt Cameron is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
E. Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drummer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1981 ⓘ
associatedAct	Diamond Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercyful Fate NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounderOf	Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Denmark ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1963-12-26 ⓘ
genre	heavy metal ⓘ thrash metal ⓘ
influencedBy	Deep Purple NERFINISHED ⓘ Diamond Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Motörhead NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument	drums ⓘ percussion ⓘ
memberOf	Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Lars Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAlbumContribution	72 Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Magnetic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardwired… to Self-Destruct NERFINISHED ⓘ Kill ’Em All NERFINISHED ⓘ Load NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of Puppets NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica (The Black Album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reload NERFINISHED ⓘ Ride the Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Anger NERFINISHED ⓘ …And Justice for All NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSongwritingContribution	Enter Sandman NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of Puppets NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing Else Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ One NERFINISHED ⓘ Sad but True NERFINISHED ⓘ Seek & Destroy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	drummer ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Gentofte, Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	California, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTimeInBand	1981 ⓘ