With a fury that bespeaks their influences without aping them, the New England quartet bash their way through fourteen tracks on their Level-Plane debut, "Prisoners' Inventions." The Conversions' formula melds the mid-'90s chaos of bands like Merel and Heroin with the bitterness of Reagan-era American hardcore; updating both sounds for a seemingly hopeless post-9/11 world. "Prisoners' Inventions" breathes new life into the often stale hardcore milieu and is recommended for fans of sincere, passionate and skillfully played punk rock.