Knurl
Initial Shock
*2022 stock.* Knurl sits among a very small handful of Canadian harsh noise acts to debut in the 90s and remain active to this day. Among the likes of Ryan Bloomer (Flatline Construct), Sam McKinlay (The Rita) and Pierre-Marc Tremblay (Âmes Sanglantes), Alan Bloor was the first. Coming off of playing in hardcore punk band Binge of Violence, Alan "found" noise by accident while doing performance art, but it had always been a source of interest for him: “While I was working in welding shops I used…
Sensory Eradication
*50 copies limited edition* For more than 25 years Alan Bloor, the architect of Knurl, has been forging a singular approach to sound without rivals or imitators. Sensory Eradication was recorded in 1998 but never released, and New Forces couldn't be happier to rescue this gem from the vault. White-hot sheets of scrap metal noise shred the listener to pieces for 40 glorious minutes. Bloor's transcendent focus on the sonic properties of metal produces a similarly meditative response from the liste…