Twenty years after The Open Door debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Craft Recordings celebrates Evanescence’s landmark 2006 album with a newly remastered and expanded anniversary Deluxe Edition, arriving November 6th on 2-LP, CD, and digital formats. Alongside the original album, the collection brings together three fan-favourite rarities from The Open Door era—“If You Don’t Mind,” “Together Again,” and “The Last Song I’m Wasting On You”—plus a previously unreleased demo of “Good Enough,” offering an intimate glimpse into the early development of one of the album’s favourite songs. Pre-order here
Alongside the black vinyl release, the 2-LP set, housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket, will be available in a range of limited-edition colour pressings through the Evanescence Store (Midnight Nebula), Craft Recordings (Metallic Blue), Barnes & Noble (Sea Glass), Books-A-Million (Ghost Blend), Revolver (Mercury Blend), Indie Record Stores (Opaque Ivory), and select International retailers (Translucent Cobalt). All formats are available to pre-order/pre-save now.
When Evanescence emerged in the early 2000s, their debut album Fallen became a global phenomenon, earning two GRAMMY® Awards and establishing the band as one of the defining rock acts of the decade. Released on September 25, 2006, The Open Door arrived with enormous expectations—and found Evanescence pushing decisively beyond the sound of their debut. With Amy Lee taking greater creative control, the album expanded the band’s musical vocabulary through sweeping orchestration, electronic textures, choral arrangements, and piano-rich compositions, setting Lee’s unmistakable voice against music that could move from crushingly heavy to starkly intimate. The result was an album that felt unmistakably like Evanescence while opening up entirely new possibilities for the band.
The anniversary edition arrives amid a busy chapter for Evanescence. Following the June 2026 release of Sanctuary, their sixth studio album, the band embarked on an extensive world tour, with dates across North America, the UK and Europe, followed by upcoming shows in Asia and a run through Australia and New Zealand in early 2027. The 12-track Sanctuary includes “Who Will You Follow” and the No. 1 rock hit “Afterlife,” originally released for Netflix’s Devil May Cry, and features collaborations with K.Flay, Halsey, Poppy and Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante. As Evanescence continues to move forward, The Open Door (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) offers a chance to revisit the album that first demonstrated just how far the band’s sound could reach.
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