...And Time Begins

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{{Infobox album

| name = ...And Time Begins

| type = studio

| artist = Decrepit Birth

| cover = Decrepit Birth - ...And Time Begins album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 7, 2003

| recorded = 2003 at Legion Studios, Santa Cruz, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Technical death metal, brutal death metal

| length = 30:06

| label = Unique Leader

| producer = Decrepit Birth

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Diminishing Between Worlds

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Freeman, Phil. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r658401|pure_url=yes}} ...And Time Begins review]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-19.

| rev2 = Sputnikmusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Decrepit Birth ...And Time Begins|url=http://sputnikmusic.com/review/31273/Decrepit-Birth-...And-Time-Begins/|publisher=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=6 June 2012}}

| rev3 = MetalReview

| rev3Score = 8.6/10{{cite web|last=Dan Staige|title=Album Review - ...And Time Begins|url=http://metalreview.com/reviews/612/decrepit-birth----and-time-begins|publisher=Metal Review|accessdate=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128181651/http://metalreview.com/reviews/612/decrepit-birth----and-time-begins|archive-date=2013-01-28|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Maelstrom

| rev4Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|last=Matt Smith|title=DECREPIT BIRTH - ...And Time Begins - CD - Unique Leader - 2003|url=http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/review_iss16_1289.php?page_rs=4&sid=&osCsid=|publisher=Maelstrom|accessdate=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223031922/http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/review_iss16_1289.php?page_rs=4&sid=&osCsid=|archive-date=2013-02-23|url-status=dead}}

}}

...And Time Begins is the debut studio album by American death metal band Decrepit Birth. The album was released on October 7, 2003, through Unique Leader Records. Compared to the technical and melodic material present on the band's later output, ...And Time Begins displays a predominantly brutal death metal sound, akin to Disgorge and Suffocation. {{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}