Kristian Ranta
Background information
Forby kent as	Kride
Born	(1981-05-13) 13 Mey 1981 (age 43) Helsinki, Finland
Oreigin	Vihti, Finland
Genres	Melodic daith metal
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Century Media
Associate acts	Norther
Wabsteid	Norther's Wabsteid

Kristian Ranta, kent an aw as Kride, is the guitarist o the Finnish melodic daith metal baund Norther - best kent for their single Released, which entered the Finnish "Top 5". Ranta haes played the guitar on the baund's fower full length albums, the maist recent being N (album) (2008) an the No Way Back EP (2007), an contributit clean vocals tae the Solution 7 EP, Till Death Unites Us, the No Way Back EP an N. He haes formed an experimental side project named Gashouse Garden wi Children of Bodom drummer Jaska Raatikainen.

Kristian haes an aa been actin in a Finnish film cawed Vares 2. Norther / Kristian composed a title track for this film cawed Frozen Angel.

Kristian is an aa a co-foonder o a Finnish diabetes technology company cawed Mendor.(ref. PRNewswire )

• Name: Kristian 'Kride' Ranta
• Date o Birth: 13 May, 1981
• Place o Birth: Helsinki, Finland
• Instruments Played: Guitar (since 1996) an Piano (since aroond 1987)
• Practices: At least an oor a day, sometimes mair.
• Idols/Influences:

Guitarists: Paul Gilbert, Nuno Bettencourt, Roope Latvala, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Romeo, Zakk Wylde, 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, Inglis, Swadish, an German.

• Kristian alang wi the rest o Norther is currently sponsored bi Jackson Guitars an Guild Guitar Company.
• Amfisound Custom. This guitar wis creatit durin the short time Norther wis endorsed bi Amfisound.
• Jackson RR Custom (24 frets, Skull and Crossbones inlays, EMG-81 bridge an EMG-85 neck pickups) uised prior tae gettin Amfisoond custom.
• Jackson KV2, Snow white wi black bevels.
• Guild GAD-30PCE

• Black Jim Dunlop Jazz III Picks
• Marshall EL34 50/50 Power Amp an Digitech GSP 1101 pre-amp / multieffect
• DR 11-52 set strings in D tunin
• Kristian uises Steinberg Cubase for recordin

• N (2008) - CD
• No Way Back EP (2007) - EP
• Till Death Unites Us (2006) - CD
• Scream (2006) - CD Single
• Solution 7 EP (2005) - EP
• Spreading Death (2004) - DVD Single
• Death Unlimited (2004) - CD
• Spreading Death (2004) - CD Single
• Mirror of Madness (2003) - CD
• Unleash Hell (2003) - CD Single
• Dreams of Endless War (2002) - CD
• Released (2002) - CD Single

• Untitled 3-track Demo

• Official Norther website
• EndlessWar member information page Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

• Kristian Ranta on MySpace - Offeecial MySpace profile o Kristian Ranta
• Kristian Ranta on Twitter - Offeecial Twitter profile o Kristian Ranta
• Norther - Offeecial page
• Mendor Archived 2020-10-20 at the Wayback Machine - Offeecial page
• The Internet Movie Database - Kristian's appearances in movies

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