"Playing without a click is better", well...
https://youtu.be/s_zMNkZaUKM?si=Cm2Bj8MODHdfYVg6I just don't understand all the click track hate around DT fan circles. Sure, if you play everything at album tempo some things are going to feel slow live to some dregree, but you could totally program the click to go faster/slower depending on the desired outcome. When adrenaline kicks in and you start rushing through the song, it also affects the performance in a negative way (see above). If anything, DT's metronome use turned their shows "stale" or "boring" (to some people) because they just didn't use them right. Countless other bands use them and I've never seen complaints around here for those.
I don't like this band at all, but from what I read with their recent drummer change, Slipknot now has Eloy playing to a click for their entire set, and it helps them deliver a tight performance and not be messing around tempos with physically demanding music as theirs (from the little knowledge I have about them).
At the end of the day, this is all subjective and there are different options to go for different purposes. As someone who has played a lot with and without click tracks, I find the click does help improve the band performance and get everybody "locked in", but I guess it's not for everybody.