Tim Skold

Tim Skold fascinates me less for his versatility than for his persistence. A Swede from Skövde who moved through Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, and Motionless in White, he is the rare musician who is both a frontman and a producer, equally comfortable writing songs and engineering their weight. I hear something distinctly Nordic in his industrial work, a cold precision that gives the heaviness its edge. He thrives as the architect behind the sound rather than the face out front, yet his presence never disappears. That kind of craftsman, content to build instead of preen, is exactly who I find compelling.

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Name (English)

Tim Skold

Name (Japanese)

ティム・スコルド

Reading

てぃむ・すこるど

Born

December 14, 1966 (age 59)

Origin

Skövde, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Occupation

bassist / singer / guitarist / record producer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

• Official sitehttps://www.skold.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tim_skold/
• Xhttps://x.com/skoldofficial
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Skold
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363596

Tags

• Västra Götaland County
• bassist
• singer
• guitarist

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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