[3] Knifeworld had connections with various English musical projects both inside and outside the rock world, having shared members with Cardiacs, Chrome Hoof, North Sea Radio Orchestra and Sidi Bou Said (London-based oud player Khyam Allami also served as the band's original drummer).

Torabi had formulated the ideas for Knifeworld as a solo project at around the time of the breakup of the Monsoon Bassoon,[5] but took eight years to assemble, finalise and record the songs.

Torabi's former Monsoon Bassoon bandmate Sarah Measures contributed saxophone, clarinet and flute, and further vocals were provided by Shona Davidson and former Ring singer Johnny Karma.

The debut Knifeworld album, Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat, was released on Torabi's own Believer's Roast label (via Genepool distribution) on 17 August 2009.

The new lineup recorded the 'Clairvoyant Fortnight' EP, released in the summer of 2012 (and accompanied by a striking video shot by Thumpermonkey's Michael Woodman, set in an Edwardian seance and featuring a guest appearance by snooker star (and progressive rock advocate) Steve Davis.

The band would play further assorted gigs in the UK during 2013, and in September 2013 released their first new material for over a year - the download-only single "Don't Land On Me", which featured a guest appearance by former Do Me Bad Things singer Chantal Brown and a performance video filmed by The Chaos Engineers.

In 2016, Knifeworld released their third album Bottled Out Of Eden, which had been recorded at Bob Drake's studio in the Mid-Pyrennees, France, and which featured more songwriting and arranging input from the whole band.

In a Facebook post on 4 November 2024, Torabi paid retrospective tribute to the band and the opportunity it provided for composing for a large ensemble, selecting the recording of Bottled Out of Eden as a personal high point, and commenting that "there are a number of reasons Knifeworld stopped being viable and most of them, boringly, are economical.