Kristian Ranta, also known as Kride, is the guitarist of the Finnish Melodic Death metal band Norther - best known for their single Released, which entered the Finnish "Top 5". Kristian has composed most of Norther's best known songs including Frozen Angel as well as come up with the name of the band. Ranta has played the guitar on the band's all full length albums, the most recent being Circle Regenerated (album) (2011) and the 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 been acting in a Finnish film called Vares 2. Norther / Kristian composed a title track for this film called Frozen Angel. He was also interviewed in a TV documentary about Finnish heavy metal bands - Promised Land of Heavy Metal - 2009.
Kristian is also a co-founder and CEO of a Finnish diabetes and information technology company called Mendor. Mendor, presented by Kristian, was recently voted as the most attractive company for venture capital investment among all the Finnish start-up companies.
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