| The Killing Had Begun | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | X Marks the Pedwalk |
| Cover: | XMTP-Thekillinghadbegun.jpg |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Electro-industrial, EBM |
| Length: | 51:12 |
| Label: | Zoth Ommog, Cleopatra Records |
| Producer: | Sevren Ni-arb (André Schmechta) |
| Prev Title: | Human Desolation |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Meshwork |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
The Killing Had Begun is the third full-length album by German band X Marks the Pedwalk. It was released by Zoth Ommog in Europe as both an LP and CD, and in North America by Cleopatra Records as a CD.
The Killing Had Begun was the first X Marks the Pedwalk album to contain vocals by André Schmechta's wife, Stephanie (who was credited as Estéfania).