Skold (born Thim Sköld; December 14, 1966) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to producing solo work, has also collaborated with multiple musical groups, including Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson and Motionless in White.

Skold’s musical career started in 1985 when he formed the glam metal band Shotgun Messiah together with guitarist Harry Cody. On the band’s first eponymous album (1989), Tim was the bassist, while on the band’s subsequent releases he also took on the role of the lead vocalist. On the third album, Violent New Breed (1993) the band changed their style to industrial metal. The music of this album was way ahead of its time, it was one of the first pioneering industrial metal albums.

After leaving Shotgun Messiah, Tim Sköld went on to pursue a solo career. Writing all songs and playing all instruments himself, he released his self-titled debut album Skold in 1996.

After releasing his first solo album Skold became a member of KMFDM and MDFMK and participated in some of their albums: Symbols (1997), Adios (1999), MDFMK (2000), Attak (2002).

Later Skold departed from KMFDM and joined Marilyn Manson. On The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003) he played bass, guitar, keyboards and some other instruments. On Eat Me, Drink Me (2007) he played all the instruments and composed all the music.

After leaving Marilyn Manson Skold made his last collaborations with KMFDM in 2009 on the albums Skold vs. KMFDM and Blitz.

Further on Tim continued pursuing his solo career. He has since released five more solo albums: Anomie (2011), The Undoing (2016), Never Is Now (2019), Dies Irae (2021) and Dead God (2022).