Cacumen is the first full length album by the hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Cacumen. It was released in 1981 on the independent label Rockport Records. The album came out after their single, Riding Away, was released two years prior and features a new version of that song. Cacumen would rename themselves Bonfire

Bonfire (band)

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...

 in 1986. In 2002/2003, Claus Lessmann

Claus Lessmann

Claus Leßmann is the lead singer and guitarist of the German heavy metal band Bonfire. He is the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Leßmann is also one of the only remaining original members of the band, the other being lead guitarist Hans Ziller...

 and Hans Ziller

Hans Ziller

Hans Ziller is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band called Cacumen as a teenager in 1972. He has appeared on all of the band's albums, except Knock Out...

 purchased the rights to the Cacumen material and re-release the collection under the Bonfire

Bonfire (band)

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...

 name individually as well as a box set called The Early Days.

Track listing

Band members

• Claus Lessmann
  Claus Lessmann
  Claus Leßmann is the lead singer and guitarist of the German heavy metal band Bonfire. He is the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Leßmann is also one of the only remaining original members of the band, the other being lead guitarist Hans Ziller...
  
   - lead vocals
• Hans Ziller
  Hans Ziller
  Hans Ziller is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band called Cacumen as a teenager in 1972. He has appeared on all of the band's albums, except Knock Out...
  
  - lead & rhythm guitar
• Horst Maier - lead & rhythm guitar
• Hans Hauptmann - bass
• Hans Forstner - drums