The re-release includes the original album and a bonus CD of 10 never-before-heard demos and four acoustic versions of Crimson cuts. It will also come with videoclips for Time to Waste and Mercy Me.

The reissue gives the band yet another chance to tell more people about the plight of the West Memphis Three. Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba became enthralled with the case after watching an HBO documentary on the situation, in which three teenagers were convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, based in part on their alleged involvement in satanic cults and their affinity for heavy metal. Stated Skiba on MTV.com:

\"The more I looked at the case, the more I realized that there was something terribly wrong and they probably had imprisoned the wrong people.It\'s pretty crazy in this day and age that witch hunts are still happening, and with us being partial to black and being Metallica fans, you know, it could have [happened to] any of us if we were there at the wrong place, the wrong time.\"

\"Crimson\" is the sixth album for drummer Derek Grant (photo) and the other two Alkalines. The follow-up to 2003\'s \"Good Mourning\" will be supported by a tour with with My Chemical Romance this fall.