The Räuber is the eleventh album by the German hard rock band 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...

. It was released in 2008 by LZ Records. The band collaborated with P.W. Politz to create a rock opera called The Räuber that debuted in Ingolstadt, Germany, in March 2008. The opera itself featured the band performing all the songs and went sold out for several weeks. A DVD was released in August 2008 that contained the opera performance as well as a full length concert by the band. The album features music in both English and German.

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, rhythm guitar
• 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 & acoustic guitars
• Chris Limburg - guitars
• Uwe Köhler - bass
• Jürgen Wiehler - drums, percussion