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Kristian Ranta, also known as Kride, was the guitarist of the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther,〔http://www.norther.net〕 until their break up in 2012.〔http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=771〕 Kristian has composed most of Norther's best known songs including Frozen Angel, and is also credited for renaming the band (originally called Requiem).〔http://www.getreadytorock.com/pure_metal/norther_interview.htm〕 Ranta has played the guitar on all the band's full length albums, the most recent being ''Circle Regenerated'' (2011) and ''N''(2008), and contributed clean vocals to the ''Solution 7 EP'', ''Till Death Unites Us'', the ''No Way Back EP'' and ''N''. He has formed an experimental side project named Gashouse Garden with Children of Bodom drummer Jaska Raatikainen. Kristian has also acted, along with his band mates, in a Finnish film called ''Vares 2''. Norther and Kristian also composed a title track for this film called Frozen Angel, for which a music video, featuring images of the movie, was made. He was also interviewed in a TV documentary about Finnish heavy metal bands - ''Promised Land of Heavy Metal'' - (2009).〔http://www.promisedlandofmetal.com/featuredfaces.html〕 Kristian is also a co-founder and CEO of a Finnish diabetes and information technology company called Mendor.〔http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/european-tech-tour-names-nordics-most-promising-high-growth-technology-companies-selected-companies-stand-to-benefit-from-10-billion-in-investment-capital-96372779.html PRNewswire〕 Mendor, presented by Kristian, was recently voted as the most attractive company for venture capital investment among all the Finnish start-up companies.〔http://www.technopolisonline.com/?article_id=19408&blogPage_id=613&showPage=true〕 ==Personal information== *Name: Kristian 'Kride' Ranta *Date of Birth: 13 May 1981 *Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland *Instruments Played: Guitar (since 1996) and piano (since around 1987) *Practices: at least an hour a day, sometimes more. *Idols and influences: ''Guitarists:'' Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, Roope Latvala, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Romeo, Zakk Wylde and Marty Friedman. ''Bands:'' Waltari, Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Emperor, Sentenced, King Diamond, Stone, Eppu Normaali, Van Halen, Lost Horizon, Slayer, Pantera, Skid Row, Stratovarius, Amorphis, Opeth, In Flames. *Speaks: Finnish, English, Swedish, and German. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kristian Ranta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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