Beat by Beat Review: Borgore - #NewGoreOrder

On his debut album, #NewGoreOrder, Borgore decidedly holds nothing back. Not his penchant for massive EDM drops, not his wish to be president of his home country, Israel, and most definitely not his rampant performative misogyny guided by the apparant belief that girls mostly exist to jiggle their titties at him while he mans the decks. The thing is, #NewGoreOrder  would have been better if Borgore didn't open his mouth, but the dude just can't stop spewing rapping. Listen in for some very powerful hardcore accents and drops matched with new heights in corny choruses and misogynistic rhetoric. This album is the reason the word "brostep" exists and why the genre's shows will forever be sausage fests.

1. "#NewGoreOrder" (feat. Malcolm McDowell) - It starts off subtle, washed out, a soul clap building anticipation and interest and then—scratch!— someone starts talking. Borgore's "#NewGoreOrder" is essentially a fascist totalitarian regime run by horny teenage dudes.

2. "Syrup" - Borgore dips into trap with an attempt at a minimal, fittingly syrupy DJ Mustard type beat. Instead of brining in Waka Flocka Flame, like he has in the past, or some other more bearable rapper, Borgore takes on the spitting.  I've listened to a lot a lot of rap and have never felt as offended as I have listening to this song.

3. "Hate" (feat. Dan Farber) - This one comes in like an offensive attack with strong drums adorned with whiplashes and the most typical of all EDM drops. Borgore gets his most emotionally vulnerable here saying, "I can't describe love, but I can feel it." So touching. He then goes on to say what he would do to that good, angelic girl (who may or may not be Taylor Swift) that he loves: "Fuck her like I hate her." Borgore has said this is a romantic song.

4. "Last Year" - This trick is pretty anthemic. The kind of chorus you can imagine thousands of sweaty bodies singing along to while swaying and waving their hands in the air. It's also Borgore's ode to himself where he claims his legacy. Before his last he wishes to be president—on behalf of all Jews I say thank god the Prime Minister is the one with real power in Israel—and to see more boobs than a plastic surgeon.

5. "Decisions" (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Watching the video to this song should've been a much-needed warning to the offensive onslaught of this album, but I'm already almost over that. Right now my biggest problem is Miley Cyrus not even having a full verse on this song. No one should have to sit through another Borgore rap without at least a bridge from Miley.

6. "Ratchet" - Starting with some deep slow kicks this song was almost good, but then Borwhore pulled the corniest of all cornball moves and ruined a favorite childhood anthem forever, "If you're ratchet and you know it clap your hands…" That is about as unratchet as being celibate.

7. "Piñata" (feat. Jake Sgarlato) - This song is ideal for a car chase, with all the necessary heavy drums and laser-like accents. The thing is, Borgore could have chosen literally any word to throw in here and he chose piñata. In context it sounds vaguely racist.

8. "Be Ourselves" - And people thought Robin Thicke was a rape-endorsing asshole. Borgore transforms a twinkling, warm and measured intro into the "Blurred Lines" of EDM. Let's just be ourselves, get faded and naked and melt together to this drop, he says. Maybe by the end you won't even remember what happened. Mission accomplished?

9. "Turn Around" (feat. Dan Farber) - I can write a whole album about how bad of a rapper Borgore is. For now, I'll leave it at the fact that after all that came before, he still decided to drop a Helen Keller line. I'll go ahead and blame the record label for letting this one slide through. Borgore probably just hopes this drop will be so twisted that everyone will lose their shit and forget everything that came before. It's quite unfortunate that the best part of the entire album up to this point is the ten seconds of humming he managed to sneak in about halfway through this song. So much potential, so much loss.

10. "Body & Soul" (feat. Yael) - Finally Borgore doesn't open his mouth and my body can momentarily unclench itself. He just barely gets into some hard trap drums here before wrecking both them and the memory of Yael's soulful voice with some very intense, machine-fueled zaps. This is the reason we listen to Borgore, right?

11. "Fame" (The Pretty Remix) - He's back. So is brostep.

12. "Kill Them All" (feat. Adi Ulmansky) - Kill me for having listened to this entire album (multiple times) and kill the memory of me having listened to it. Aside from all that, this is probably the most acceptable, listenable dance track on #NewGoreOrder.

Lauren in trying very hard to stay based after experiencing the #NewGoreOrder. She still wants to move to Israel. - @LaurSchwar

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