Career
Kristian has composed most of "s best known songs including Frozen Angel, and is also credited for renaming the band (originally called Requiem). Ranta has played the guitar on all the band"s full length albums, the most recent being and North(2008), and contributed clean vocals to the Solution 7 European Parliament, Till Death Unites Us, the Number Way Back European Parliament and North. He has formed an experimental side project named with Children of Bodom drummer Jaska Raatikainen. Kristian has also acted, along with his band mates, in a Finnish film called Vares 2. 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 television documentary about Finnish heavy metal bands - Promised Land of Heavy Metal - (2009).
Mendor, presented by Kristian, was recently voted as the most attractive company for venture capital investment among all the Finnish start-up companies. 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, Architecture 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.
Kristian along with the rest of is currently sponsored by Jackson Guitars and Guild Guitar Company. Amfisound Custom. This guitar was created during the short time was endorsed by Amfisound. Jackson ready reckoner Custom (24 frets, skull and crossbones inlays, Electromyography-81 bridge and Electromyography-85 neck pickups) used prior to getting Amfisound custom.
Jackson KV2, Snow white with black bevels.
Guild GAD-30PCE Black Jim Dunlop Jazz III picks Marshall EL34 50/50 Power Amp and Digitech Generalized System of Preferences 1101 pre-amp / multieffect DR 11-52 set strings in Doctorate tuning Kristian uses Steinberg Cubase for recording.