---
title: "Pelican"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican"
genre: "Post Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 2001
---

# Pelican

**Pelican** is a post metal band, from United States, active 2001 to present.

Pelican is an American post-metal band from Chicago, Illinois. Established in 2001, the band is known for their heavy, atmospheric and almost entirely instrumental style. They have released six studio albums and six EPs.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Pelican |
| Genre | Post Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Chicago, United States |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Releases in catalog | 19 |

## Genres

[Post Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/post-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Atmospheric Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-sludge)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bryan Herweg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bryan-herweg) |  |  | Current |
| [Larry Herweg](https://themetalnet.com/musician/larry-herweg) |  |  | Current |
| [Laurent Lebec](https://themetalnet.com/musician/laurent-lebec) |  |  | Current |
| [Trevor de Brauw](https://themetalnet.com/musician/trevor-de-brauw) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | [Pelican](https://themetalnet.com/album/5833a416-d867-30ee-81bf-6806052c1676) | EP |
| 2003 | [Australasia](https://themetalnet.com/album/eb749efd-fcd2-3048-a82c-9367f840af84) | Album |
| 2005 | [March Into the Sea](https://themetalnet.com/album/7013030a-aca0-326a-b701-3f4655c827dc) | EP |
| 2005 | [Pelican / MONO](https://themetalnet.com/album/745425bd-f225-37d1-9cde-e074dcbbdaa5) | EP |
| 2005 | [Pelican / Playing Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/album/8258e1fd-1179-31ed-84b1-8f7d7f7df828) | EP |
| 2005 | [The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw](https://themetalnet.com/album/fbe47fc6-114e-3562-87f7-b8f151db2ba8) | Album |
| 2007 | [City of Echoes](https://themetalnet.com/album/44737fa0-6a62-35b3-b614-912f44de37f1) | Album |
| 2008 | [PLCN/TAAS](https://themetalnet.com/album/a1e32b87-18d6-434a-aa3f-15be841848a1) | EP |
| 2009 | [Ephemeral](https://themetalnet.com/album/d4c78ed9-7158-375d-9b93-3e6bc3b8f8d2) | EP |
| 2009 | [What We All Come to Need](https://themetalnet.com/album/6014a109-0103-4b9c-9069-843b40ead106) | Album |
| 2012 | [Ataraxia / Taraxis](https://themetalnet.com/album/10026082-6ede-46cf-b2c8-52bfea3d8bc5) | EP |
| 2013 | [Deny the Absolute - EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/03691f40-aa55-43cb-883e-7949d7479b1e) | EP |
| 2013 | [Forever Becoming](https://themetalnet.com/album/f7803d6a-a9ff-4c11-82aa-8fb2b6684fb0) | Album |
| 2015 | [The Cliff](https://themetalnet.com/album/bcbe886a-6f2b-4298-b9be-fe1c6c929400) | EP |
| 2019 | [Nighttime Stories](https://themetalnet.com/album/16394989-7ae7-4243-a4ce-2041c3c1d04d) | Album |
| 2023 | [For Your Entertainment](https://themetalnet.com/album/5304374b-8fc6-477c-826c-43355a72863b) | EP |
| 2025 | [Flickering Resonance](https://themetalnet.com/album/ad14a40f-117f-4547-9846-9c2f9a855b75) | Album |
| 2025 | [Gulch](https://themetalnet.com/album/d631cbbd-96d1-4c7e-9935-a23b1654cc66) | EP |
| 2026 | [Ascending](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec827c18-619b-4ce4-8a72-f02e7d59d12d) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Russian Circles](https://themetalnet.com/band/russian-circles) (listened together)
- [Isis](https://themetalnet.com/band/isis) (listened together)
- [Red Sparowes](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-sparowes) (listened together)
- [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (listened together)
- [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Caspian](https://themetalnet.com/band/caspian) (listened together)
- [Cult of Luna](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-luna) (listened together)
- [This Will Destroy You](https://themetalnet.com/band/this-will-destroy-you) (listened together)
- [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Sigur Rós](https://themetalnet.com/band/sigur-ros) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pelican/9712
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pelicansong
- x: https://twitter.com/pelicansong
- bandcamp: https://pelican.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Gq06EJlfPumvCdMsnkJFp
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/73665204
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/13451

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican](https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt