Chanty Archives

Visual kei festival “MASKED 2026” transforms artists in unexpected looks

Mar 13, 2026

The visual kei project MASKED launches MASKED 2026, built around the idea of visual kei being "unbound, unlimited, and free”. The project focuses on celebrating the scene through a large-scale live music festiv...

Chanty farewells drummer Naruto in “Haru Wazurai” music video

NoMusicNoReason

Jun 17, 2021

Music Video, Releases

Chanty releases a music video for their latest single Haru Wazurai. This coincides with the withdrawal of drummer Naruto who held his last performance with the band at Akabane ReNy on June 13.The single Har...

Chanty brings single “Haru Wazurai”, loses drummer Naruto

NoMusicNoReason

Apr 28, 2021

New Look, Releases

Chanty brings their first release of the year in the form of a single titled Haru Wazurai set to be out on May 15. The title track is accompanied by an acoustic arrangement of the song Diary, taken from their f...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

Jan 19, 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Chanty shines in “Palette” live music video from 10th single

NoMusicNoReason

Dec 9, 2020

Music Video, Releases

Chanty releases a live music video for their new song Palette showing how the members can bring a bright performance even without an audience. This song is taken off the band's upcoming 10th single Iro wo Shits...

Chanty stays true to their sound in “Shoutai Fumei” mini-album

NoMusicNoReason

Mar 21, 2020

Releases

Chanty has revealed almost all details in regard to the release of their third mini-album Shoutai Fumei, which is coming out next week on March 25. The quartet had recently teased us with a new look to promote ...

Chanty stand unidentifiable in “Shoutai Fumei” mini-album

NoMusicNoReason

Jan 29, 2020

New Look, Releases

Chanty recently held their 6th-anniversary one-man live Chanty no Sekai e Youkoso at which they announced their third mini-album titled Shoutai Fumei (正体不明) will be released on March 25.The band also achiev...

Guitarist Shiro revives Chanty in “Hakkou” video

NoMusicNoReason

Jul 20, 2019

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

Chanty demonstrates once again they are still in the game by presenting us their exciting music video for Hakkou, in which we can see former Fixer guitarist Shiro in action for the first time. Hakkou is the sec...

Chanty welcomes new member Shiro and brings two singles

NoMusicNoReason

May 17, 2019

New Look, Releases

Chanty just made a surprising announcement by introducing an unexpected member, Shiro. The band will become a four-piece band once again with the addition of a new guitarist to their line-up. You may be familia...

Chanty’s future uncertain as guitarist Chitose departs

NoMusicNoReason

Jan 12, 2019

Lineup change

Chanty has announced on an entry blog made on their official ameblo that guitarist Chitose will be departing after being part of the band since their formation in mid-2013. Chitose's last performance with Chant...

Chanty previews mellow mini-album “Aisousuru Symposium”

NoMusicNoReason

Oct 16, 2018

New Look, Releases

Chanty is releasing their second mini-album Aisousuru Symposium and has just made available an audio preview of their upcoming work. Expect the new mini-album to be released on October 17. The mini-album will c...

Soan Project previews 2 mini-albums featuring special guests

NoMusicNoReason

Sep 7, 2018

New Look, Releases

Former Moran drummer Soan returns with his solo project to release two new mini-albums. The first album Doumou naru Kyousou, Doumyaku ni Utsu features Chanty's Akuta on vocals and it is out on sale since Septe...

Chanty brings 2nd album “Chanty no Sekai e Youkoso 2”

NoMusicNoReason

Jan 14, 2018

New Look, Releases

Chanty had recently announced at their fourth anniversary live on December 21 that they would be releasing their second full album in 2018, but it is now when the band unveils some details about it. The album h...

Chanty kindly shares a music video for live-distributed single “Hikaku Taishou”

NoMusicNoReason

Nov 6, 2017

Music Video, New Look

Attendants to Chanty's fourth anniversary one-man live were able to purchase their new single Hikaku Taishou (比較対象) and now the rest of the world can listen to the band's newest work in the form of a music vide...