SKOLD | 2025 photography by Jim Louvau
“Exceptionally accomplished masterpieces that oscillate between lush, widescreen guitars and synthesiser clusters with convincingly lascivious, decadent vocals”
SONIC SEDUCER
“His musical past subtly shines through on what is a more electronic approach, with plenty of catchy moments”
ORKUS
“A sonically excellent record that demonstrates his ability to think outside the box, melting down the genres that are closest to his heart to create pure gold”
LEGACY
Skold is the solo vehicle for Tim Skold, the versatile Swedish musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Having worked with KMFDM and Motionless In White either side of a lengthy hit-making tenure with Marilyn Manson in the ‘00s, he has recently been involved in the duo projects Not My God and Love Ghost x Skold.
Skold’s eighth solo album, ‘Caught In The Throes’, is out today (10th October) on Metropolis Records. Its fourteen songs include the recent singles ‘All Humans Must Be Destroyed’, ‘Pop The Smoke’ and ‘All The $ In The World’, songs that wryly comment about the growth of AI, how to disappear completely and the illusion that money buys happiness.
Well known for his contributions to genres that include industrial rock, metal and electro-industrial, Skold started out in the late 1980s with the hard rock band Shotgun Messiah, before launching his solo career in 1996 with a self-titled album on RCA Records. It featured the songs ‘Chaos’ and ‘Hail Mary’, both of which were subsequently utilised in movies and video games.
His talent attracted the attention of industrial music pioneers KMFDM, leading to his involvement in their albums ‘Symbols’ (1997), ‘Adios’ (1999) and ‘Attak’ (2002), plus a later return for ‘Blitz’ (2009). He also co-founded MDFMK with KMFDM mainman Sascha Konietzko, releasing a self-titled album in 2000.
Skold joined Marilyn Manson in 2002, producing, writing and performing on their chart-topping album ‘The Golden Age of Grotesque’ (2003) and ‘Eat Me, Drink Me’ (2007), as well as the singles ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Personal Jesus’.
Leaving Manson in 2008, Skold continued his solo career with albums like ‘Anomie’ (2011), ‘The Undoing’ (2016), ‘Never Is Now’ (2019) and ‘Dies Irae’ (2021), each of which showcased his evolving sound and production skills. He also produced and co-wrote for the albums ‘Infamous’ (2012) and ‘Reincarnate’ (2014) by the US metal band Motionless In White, both of which achieved significant chart success.
Other recent collaborations have included three albums as Not My God with Nero Bellum of Psyclon Nine (2020-23), a 2024 record entitled ‘Love Ghost x Skold’ with alt-rock band Love Ghost that blended emo-tinged nu-metal with contemporary hip-hop and alt-rock influences, plus 2025 work with Ye.