Dimitris Kontogeorgakos from www.Metal-Temple.com recently conducted an interview with Martin Walkyier from THE CLAN DESTINED (SABBAT, HELL). The entire interview can be found at this location.

Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Metal-Temple.com: So, when The Clan Destined is going to be distributed in Europe?

Martin Walkyier: "The Clan Destined was just released in the UK through Pinnacle Records and I just heard that the label declared bankruptcy. So, although I don’t know the numbers I can say that all the money from the album sales so far are gone!"

Metal-Temple.com: How was The Clan Destined idea born?

Martin Walkyier: "I had this idea, after I have left SKYCLAD, to put together a different kind of band; like a community of people not just musicians but web designer, film makers and artists from all around the world that just wanted to work together. One of those people was Iscariah (ex-IMMORTAL) who e mailed me and said that he wanted to work together. So, I went to Norway (and I think it was 1992) where we worked together and it was really great. Then we came to England and I helped him to find an apartment and continue to work on the music arrangements. During the recording sessions Iscariah just quit saying that he didn’t want to do this anymore! I was kind of desperate not sure for what to do next but thankfully Andy Sneap said that he would help me to finish this project; and so he did!"

Metal-Temple.com: Can we expect that The Clan Destined will get on the road?

Martin Walkyier: "We do not have plans at the moment but yes I would love to do so in the future. What I am trying to do now is some new recordings and without management and a record deal is kind of difficult to do. I managed to do the first one without them and I believe I can do it again. The problem I have now Dimitris is that I am with three bands; The Clan Destined, Sabbat and Hell. Actually, me and Andy are working on a new Hell album. Do you know about this band?"

Metal-Temple.com: Do you have a record deal to support you in this?

Martin Walkyier: "No we do not; you can say that we are doing this for ourselves, but hopefully when it will be ready then someone will be interested in it."

Metal-Temple.com: Do you have only new songs for the Hell album or will you use any of the old ones and try to give them a proper sound production?

Martin Walkyier: "Andy has re-recorded everything and I can tell you sounds really great! Andy and I were the biggest Hell fans so we have the greatest interest to make this sound the best it can! Hell was the band that inspired Sabbat you know back in our early days."

Metal-Temple.com Now that you mentioned Sabbat; what is the current situation there?

Martin Walkyier: "We are going to play some more shows but we do not plan to write new music. We have a DVD to release with live and backstage footage from all the shows we did. Hopefully it will be released sometime next year."

Metal-Temple.com: Is there any chance to write new music with Sabbat?

Martin Walkyier: "The truth is that we were very young when we were with Sabbat and if we try to do it again it will sound very different to the original music. We are so old and so different now. I cannot write lyrics like that and I think neither will Andy write guitar riffs like those. I think we would disappoint all the Sabbat fans. Maybe we could take some of the demo songs and re-recorded them for an EP or something like that."