An instrumental duo who create a remarkably massive sound, Zombi are equally inspired by horror movie soundtrack maestros like John Carpenter and Goblin, electronic pioneers such as Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, and prog rock wizards like King Crimson and Genesis. Zombi's fascination with horror scores peaked with their 2004 debut album, Cosmos. Later, the vintage prog homages of 2006's Surface to Air and the fusions of Italo-disco and Krautrock on 2011's Escape Velocity presented very different -- but equally genuine -- incarnations of their music. As the synth-driven and horror movie-inspired music Zombi championed became more popular in the 2010s, they bucked the trends. Following their 2013 bucket-list tour with Goblin, they went in a heavier, more rock-oriented direction, and releases like 2015's Shape Shift, the riff-laden 2020, and 2022's covers EP Zombi & Friends, Vol. 1 suggested Zombi's epic sound and capacity for reinvention were limitless.