Bio:

KARSTEN HAMRE
Born in 1971 in Stavanger, Norway.
Has been active with music for over 10 years, starting in August 1994 when Penitent was formed. Currently also releasing music under the names Arcane Art, Defraktor, Dense Vision Shrine, The Flux Komplex and Veiled Allusions.
Not only composing the music, but also taking the photos and doing graphic design for the CD releases.

Labels around the world who has released Karsten Hamre and his projects albums includes:
Cold Meat Industry (Sweden), Draenor Productions/Napalm records (Austria), Memento Mori/Dark Vinyl (Germany), Beyond Productions (Italy), Prophecy Productions (Germany), Einzeleinheit (Germany), Trinity Records Hong Kong, Foreshadow Productions (Poland), Displeased Records (Holland), Epidemie Records (Czech Republic), Fossil Dungeon ( U.S.A.), Flood The Earth Records (U.S.A.), Absolute Zero Media (U.S.A.).

Karsten Hamre has performed live in the Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and are now looking to expand and seek new territories to perform in as well as returning to places he has performed at before.

www.karstenhamre.com/defraktor
www.myspace.com/defraktor