{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = ...And Time Begins | type = studio | artist = Decrepit Birth | cover = Decrepit Birth - ...And Time Begins album cover.jpg | released = October 7, 2003 | recorded = 2003 | studio = Legion Studios, Santa Cruz, California | genre = Technical 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}}<ref>Freeman, Phil. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r658401|pure_url=yes}} ...And Time Begins review]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-19.</ref> | rev2 = Sputnikmusic | rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> | rev3 = MetalReview | rev3Score = 8.6/10<ref>{{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}}</ref> | rev4 = Maelstrom | rev4Score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> }}
'''''...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.
==Critical reception== Phil Freeman of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five and said: "While the riffs are extremely complex and go by with lightning speed, these very qualities also render them somewhat unmemorable. Cannibal Corpse are a great example of a band able to play high-speed, complicated death metal and also make it catchy -- their songs stick in your head. Decrepit Birth, while being impressively brutal and crushing, can't say the same."<ref>{{Citation |title=...And Time Begins - Decrepit Birth {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/and-time-begins-mw0000319393 |access-date=2025-08-31 |language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing |title1 = Prelude to the Apocalypse |length1 = 1:24 |title2 = Condemned to Nothingness |length2 = 3:02 |title3 = Thought Beyond Infinity |length3 = 2:58 |title4 = The Infestation |length4 = 2:14 |title5 = Rebirth of Consciousness |length5 = 2:14 |title6 = Shroud of Impurity |length6 = 3:29 |title7 = Concepting the Era |length7 = 3:31 |title8 = Of Genocide |length8 = 2:10 |title9 = ...And Time Begins |length9 = 9:04 |total_length = 30:06 }}
==Personnel== ;Decrepit Birth * Bill Robinson – lead vocals * Matt Sotelo – guitars, vocals * Derek Boyer – bass, vocals * Tim Yeung – drums
;Production * Dan Seagrave – Cover art * Jen Powell – Photography * Matt Sotelo – Engineering * Derek Boyer – Engineering * Damon Cisneros – Recording (drums only) * Colin Davis – Mixing, Mastering * Jacoby – Layout, Design
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