Avenged Sevenfold have signed on to give the headlining performance at the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show on Wednesday, April 20, at Club Nokia in Downtown LA.

This performance will set the stage for the band’s upcoming “Welcome to the Family” tour in support of their current album, Nightmare.

Voting is going on from now until April 1 and fans can go to Revolver’s website to vote for which rockers will take home the awards in such categories as “Bes Guitarist”, “Best Live Band”, or ‘Most Metal Athelte’.

This year, the award show will be hosted by Chris Jericho and will include performances by the reunited Alice Cooper Group, Loaded, Volbeat, Fozzy, Asking Alexandria, as well as a Black Flag Tribute by Devildriver.

Fans unable to see the award show in person can tune in to VH1 Classic on Saturday, May 28 to see the televised version of the event.

The nominees for the 2011 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are as follows:

Epiphone Best Guitarist(s):

John 5 (for his work with Rob Zombie)
Dan Donegan (Disturbed)
Gus G. (for his work with Ozzy Osbourne)
Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold)
Janick Gers, Dave Murray and Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)

Drum Workshop Best Drummer:

Tommy Clufetos (Ozzy Osbourne)
Abe Cunningham (Deftones)
Joey Jordison (for his work with Rob Zombie)
Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour)
Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
Mike Portnoy (for his work with Avenged Sevenfold)

Best Vocalist:

Glenn Danzig (Danzig)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Chino Moreno (Deftones)
Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzy Osbourne)
M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold)
Corey Taylor (for his work with Stone Sour)

Affliction Album of the Year:

Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare
Black Label Society, Order of the Black
Deftones, Diamond Eyes
Ozzy Osbourne, Scream
Stone Sour, Audio Secrecy
Volbeat, Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

Samson/Zoom Best Live Band:

Avenged Sevenfold
Gwar
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Rammstein
Sevendust

Most Metal Athlete:

Chris Cole (pro skateboarding)
Dan Hardy (MMA fighting)
Toni Lydman (NHL hockey)
The Miz (WWE wrestling)
Jeremy Shockey (NFL football)
Mike Vallely (pro skateboarding)

Best New Band:

Asking Alexandria
Black Veil Brides
The Damned Things
The Pretty Reckless
Times of Grace
We Are the Fallen

Eagle Rock Comeback of the Year:

Accept
Faith No More
Murderdolls
A Perfect Circle
Soundgarden
System of a Down