We chased down everything music related at Comic-Con this year and jammed it all into this epic photo gallery -- metal legends and local legends included.
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Before Tool drops its long-awaited (10 years!) studio follow-up to "10,000 Days" on Aug. 30, gaze upon guitarist Adam Jones -- who we bumped into just walking around the Convention Center floor!
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As they did in 2014, Exodus descended up the Comic-Con faithful once again -- this time at House of Blues on July 18.
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Up close and personal with Exodus!
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A dangerously close high-kick from lead singer Steve Souza!
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A nice portrait of local prog-rock titans CHON (who just played Coachella in April)!
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Carlsbad-based rock poster artist N.C Winters.
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His hair's tucked into his hoodie, but if it wasn't Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez would simply be mobbed at Comic-Con.
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Carla Harvey, of Butcher Babies, with Charlie Benante, of Anthrax.
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Brendon Small of Dethklok.
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John Dolmayan, of System of a Down, owns Torpedo Comics.
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Cosplayer Beth Golden as Vanya Hargreeves of "Umbrella Academy."
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DJ Lance Rock from "Yo Gabba Gabba."
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Composer/musician Tyler Bates.
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The one and only George Takei.
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Cosplayer Jedi Prince.
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Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides.
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Gregory Harris cosplaying as Killer Queen.
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Derek Riggs, creator of Iron Maiden's iconic "Eddie" creature!
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David Klotz, pictured here, is the Emmy Award-winning sound editor for HBO's "Game of Thrones."
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Dan Fogler who appeared in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (among many other films) is also the writer of Megadeth's "Death By Design" graphic novel!
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"Steven Universe: The Movie" had its Beach City Stage setup for karaoke contests on the show floor.
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Artist Skinner has created album covers for bands like Alexisonfire and Mastodon.
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Cosplay of '80s music video character/VJ Max Headroom.
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Trumpeter Mark Grisez played "Star Wars" anthems in the halls throughout the convention.
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Composer Alan Silvestri and Conductor David Newman at "Back to the Future in Concert" performed by the San Diego Symphony.
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"That's heavy, doc!"
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Until next year, thanks for all the musical memories, Comic-Con!
