Kristian Ranta

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Kristian Ranta
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Background information
Also known asKride
Born (1981-05-13) 13 May 1981 (age 43)
Helsinki, Finland
Origin Vihti, Finland
Genres Melodic death metal
Instrument(s) Guitar, vocals
Years active2000–present
Labels Century Media
Website Norther's Website

Kristian Ranta, also known as Kride, was the guitarist of the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther, [1] until their break up in 2012. [2] Kristian has composed most of Norther's best known songs including Frozen Angel, and is also credited for renaming the band (originally called Requiem). [3] 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.

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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). [4]

Kristian was a co-founder and CEO of a Finnish diabetes technology company called Mendor [5] until he left the company in November 2015.[ citation needed ]

Later in 2015 Kristian co-founded a company called Blooming to work on stress reduction at workplaces. Blooming was featured in TechCrunch in March 2016. [6] Kristian was also featured in the biggest newspaper in Finland called Helsingin Sanomat in the summer of 2016 (text in Finnish). [7]

With the lead of Kristian as its CEO, Blooming changed its name in 2016 to Meru Health and focused on building a digital treatment solution for depression and anxiety. In 2018 Meru Health got accepted to a famous startup accelerator in Silicon Valley called Y Combinator [8] and has appeared on number of mainstream media publications such as TechCrunch, [9] INC [10] and MobiHealthNews. [11]

In 2018 Kristian started his own featured blog on Forbes magazine. [12]

Personal information

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.

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Discography

Norther

Gashouse Garden

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References

  1. ↑ "Home". norther.net.
  2. ↑ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - NORTHER Get "Released" into Finnish Top 5". Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with Kristian of Finnish metal rock band Norther".
  4. ↑ http://www.promisedlandofmetal.com/featuredfaces.html
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ "Blooming measures your heart and brain to reduce stress at work". 14 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Metallikitaristista tuli terveysalan startup-yrittäjä – "Jos rikot rajoja, aina tulee lunta tupaan" | Yrittäjyys | HS". Archived from the original on 2016-07-09.
  8. ↑ "6 companies from the YC Summer 2018 Batch".
  9. ↑ "Meru Health wants to make mental health care more accessible". 25 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "A Genuinely Smart and Creative Way to Treat Depression--Right from Your Smartphone". 12 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Palo Alto Medical Foundation taps Meru Health for digital therapeutic for depression". 24 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Council Post: Mental Health is a Growing Concern: Here Are Some Ways Entrepreneurs Can Cope". Forbes .
  13. ↑ "Amfisound tuotesivu". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
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