‘Teet mitä tahansa sulle kerrotaan, Ei omaa mieltään tarvi käyttää ollenkaan, Sä olet kiitollinen etkä koskaan valita, Hymyillen antaa paholaiselle sielunsa’ (Sätkynukke) / ‘You do whatever you’re told, You don’t have to use your own mind at all, You’re grateful and never complain, Smiling, you give the devil your soul’ (Puppet)

Mua Et Voi Omistaa (You Can’t Own Me) is the debut album from Helsinki’s Plasma, who share their guitarist with Ignorance, and it’s an absolutely rollicking ride.  Firmly rooted in the traditions of Finnish punk, Plasma refashion these inspirations into an almost breathless, no-holds barred onslaught.  The swinging rhythm section, blessed as it is with some deliciously killer bass lines, is at the heart of the band’s sound, locking in to a taut synchronicity with the fiercely lean guitar.

The vocals veer from an urgent, rasping snarl to cleaner, more melodic expressions, by way of strident semi-shouted word tirades, with a seamless ease.  Lyrically, the album desperately confronts society’s self-destructive tendencies, calling out our knowing complicity in the cycle of exploitation, while reaffirming the importance of maintaining a robust sense of self amid the inhumanity.

The intensity doesn’t drop from even a moment, and nor does the subtle inventiveness braided throughout the aggression.  From the blistering Mätä Pilvilinna (Rotten Cloud Castle) to the unexpected psychedelic melodic flourishes of Ei Kunniaa (No Honour) and the raucous positivity of Katson Tulevaan (I Look To The Future), Plasma will not be contained.