Ever since falling severely depressed last year and being consequently diagnosed with (so-called) late-onset schizophrenia, I have noticed a slight shift in my musical tastes. I used to be a classical and contemporary sort of guy, with the occasional splash of psychodelia thrown in. Now I listen mostly to heavy metal, busy catching up with decades worth of metal history (I stopped listening to metal in the late 80s). Thrash and doom metal are the subgenres I like the best. Have you experienced a comparable transformation in your tastes around the time you got diagnosed?
No, I was always listening to classical, electronic, baroque and avant garde contemporary. I still listen to these genres. But my new obsession is Darkthrone. Raw black metal. Hah
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Haha, black and death metal are too much for me, but still lots of good scandinavia groups
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Cold Norwegian black metal. Atmospheric, raw, lo-fi, ambient.
What about Finnish “blackened doom metal” bands like Skepticism?
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I am clueless about them.
But best to avoid if you’re feeling depressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKajqoXTH7k
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I like skepticism. I’m listening to them now.
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I am sza and find that my taste in music shifts according to my moods. When I am depressed I listen to more heavier music, while when I am manic or even just in the middle I listen to more rap and electronic music.
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No real change in tastes. I enjoyed what was new music in my day and I still enjoy new music today. I go back and revisit music I liked when I was younger, but I don’t want to be that seventy year old crabbing about how today’s music is all garbage and listening to the same stuff for sixty years straight (like my in-laws). I have also consistently hated rap and hip-hop since they first appeared, so there’s that.
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Hip-hop is not all bad!
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I can’t handle heavy metal where they scream instead of sing.
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I much prefer clean vocals to growling and burping, but I don;t mind old-school screamers like Rob Halford and Leif Edling.
I personally noticed a shift the other way round. With music, but also books and movies, things have to be calm and soothing now. I cant deal with hard and scary stuff anymore. 
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No much later in life. I like what could be termed old peoples music so calm and peaceful. and hymns. I used to be LED Zeppelin and the wood stock gang, Hendrix, Ten Years After, blusey too
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Great stuff too!
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I like a ton of different music but the main question is if I like listening to music at all
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No I still listen to alternative rock, no change in tastes.
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No, I did nothing to change your musical tastes.
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I just lost my drive and stopped playing piano. Being a pianist has always defined me. But I just don’t want to play anymore. It’s been years.
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