Zanger Martin Walkyier van Skyclad stapt op. Er waren al tijden geruchten dat hij zou vertrekken maar nu is het dan officieel. Ondanks deze tegenslag gaat SkyClad wel gewoon door. Hieronder een stukje van de skyclad website:

It is with great regret that we find ourselves having to announce the departure of Martin Walkyier from Skyclad. We understand that this will come, as a great shock to you all - as indeed it did to us. However, though this may initially appear a bitter pill to swallow, it is neither the end of Skyclad or Martin continuing to work within the music business.

Though Martin's departure has been discussed for some weeks now, we all felt within the Skyclad camp that it was not the right time to make an announcement of this nature as we had just released a truly brilliant album which is Folkémon (Come to think of it, there is never a good to release this kind of statement). So, In our wisdom, we decided to hold back this announcement until we could work through all the commitments we had concerning press and so forth, and let the album realise its world-wide release and receive the justice it deserves.

It was in early January 2001 that Martin made the heart-rending decision to leave Skyclad. Much as he did not want to leave Skyclad, Martin found that his personal financial state forced him to take this decision. Martin has added a more personal and detailed message of thanks and apologies for all the fans out there on his own web page, which you can find at www.martinwalkyier.com. The future for Martin is now to concentrate 100% of his time, along with his musical compatriots, on his next project - "Return To The Sabbat". About which I'm sure there will be an abundance of information on his web site over the coming months.

Bron: http://www.skyclad.co.uk