{"id":32897,"date":"2025-08-29T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/skold-melancholic-industrial\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:45:00","slug":"skold-melancholic-industrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/skold-melancholic-industrial\/","title":{"rendered":"SKOLD: Melancholic industrial?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau-550x550.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skold_JimLouvau.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Jim Louvau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the new single &#8220;Pop the Smoke&#8221;, <strong>Skold<\/strong> looks deep into the darkness. We have probably never heard Swedish musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Skold sound so melancholy. <strong>Skold<\/strong> began his career back in the late 1980s with <strong>Shotgun Messiah<\/strong>, was later part of <strong>Marilyn Manson<\/strong> and began his solo career almost 30 years ago. &#8220;Pop the Smok&#8221; is a precursor to the album &#8220;Caught in the Throes&#8221;, which will be released on October 10, 2025 via Metropolis Records. Find out more in our next issue.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, why don&#8217;t you listen to the single &#8220;Pop the Smoke&#8221; first?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-de\/album\/3Ybkrp8RvLxhFwuzdCtVjq?si=mBp2cCNNTVSrED5SzpvXHw\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Pop The Smoke\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3Ybkrp8RvLxhFwuzdCtVjq?si=mBp2cCNNTVSrED5SzpvXHw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new single &#8220;Pop the Smoke&#8221;, Skold looks deep into the darkness. We have probably never heard Swedish musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Skold sound so melancholy. Skold began his career back in the late 1980s with Shotgun Messiah, was later part of Marilyn Manson and began his solo career almost 30 years ago. 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