''Bad Widow'' is the second and last full-length album by the German

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band

Cacumen Bonfire (originally Cacumen) is a German heavy metal band, founded by Hans Ziller in Ingolstadt in 1972. In 1986, based on the advice of the record company and the management, the band changed its name to Bonfire. Original founder Ziller is st ...

. It was released in 1983 on the independent label Boom Records. Cacumen would rename themselves

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in 1986. In 2002/2003,

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and

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purchased the rights to the Cacumen material and re-released the collection under the Bonfire name individually as well as a box set called ''The Early Days''.

Track listing

Band members

- lead vocals *

- lead & rhythm guitar,

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*Horst Maier - lead & rhythm guitar *Robert Prskalowicz - bass *Hans Forstner - drums

Covers

In 1990, the German band Number Nine did a cover version of "You Are My Destiny" for their ''Everybody's Crazy'' album. The title was plainly called "Destiny".

References

Billboard.com - Discography - Cacumen - Bad Widow
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