Lil Wayne, Metallica and Linkin Park are among the nominees in the “Best Band/Artist” category at the first-ever Inked True Colors Awards, which will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Inked True Colors Awards will celebrate the tattoo culture and lifestyle by honoring the influencers and tastemakers of the tattoo community, followed by a concert that is sure to rock Vegas.

The first Inked True Colors Awards categories are:

• Inked Icon Lifetime Achievement Award
• Tattooer Of The Year
• Breakthrough Artist
• Most Exciting Shop
• Most Tattooed City
• Best Band/Artist
• Favorite Tattooed Celebrity

The “Best Band/Artist” nominees are:

• Green Day
• Metallica
• Eminem
• Slayer
• Linkin Park
• Lil Wayne
• Gallows
• Rise Against
• Fall Out Boy
• Good Charlotte

To vote for the 2009 Inked True Colors Awards go to this location. Voting closes September 10, 2009.