Canadian-born Rick Hughes is renowned for his powerful and rangey voice as the lead singer of the legendary metal band Sword, and of the hard-rock band Saints & Sinners. A seasoned performer with hundreds of headlining shows in Canada, America, Europe and Japan over the years, and his superb stage performances while opening for bands such as Metallica, Motorhead, Alice Cooper, Black Label Society, etc.

So when it was time for him to record ‘’Redemption’’, his first international solo album, he spared no expenses and efforts to make this album a great one, hiring producer John Webster (Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, AC/DC, etc.) and renting HippoSonic Recording Studio (formerly known as Little Mountain Studios) in Vancouver to record this opus.

The first salvo is coming out September 5, 2025, and it is quite an event in itself: his first single and video is a supercharged version of The Who’s classic ‘’The Real Me’’ – reuniting after 43 years Ozzy Osbourne’s superband consisting of Brad Gillis on guitar, Rudy Sarzo on bass, and Tommy Aldridge on drums. This is the band that did the last leg of the ‘’Diary of a Madman Tour’’ in 1982 after the tragic departure of the great Randy Rhoads, and that then recorded Ozzy’s classic live album ‘’Speak of the Devil’’.

It was a great pleasure to have the legend Rick Hughes on the Interview to speak on Redemption and his reunion with Ozzy’s Superband lineup taking us back to 43 years ago and giving a legendary new album of pure heavy metal awesomeness. Check out the complete coverage on the below YouTube video.

1 ) Dead End Road
2 ) Croire en l’Homme
3 ) The Real Me
4 ) Carry The Torch
5 ) Will of the Gun
6 ) Shake My Soul
7 ) Someday
8 ) Dans La Peau
9 ) In a Perfect World
10 ) Ça Va Brasser
11 ) Bonus Track: Dans La Peau (french version)