Public record

Pelican

Metal | Chicago, IL | since 2001

atmospheric sludge metal
doom metal
Metal
post-core
post-metal
post-rock
Sludge
sludge metal

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2013

On record since

Releases

Show history

2013 · 1

Jul 15, 2013The Haunt· Brightonheadliner
with Japandroids

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Pelican — Ascending EP — Release art · Ascending EP — release

Pelican — Flickering Resonance — Release art · Flickering Resonance — release

Pelican — The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Deluxe 2023 Remix & Remaster) — Release art · The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Deluxe 2023 Remix & Remaster) — release

Pelican — City of Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — Release art · City of Echoes (Deluxe Edition) — release

Pelican — Australasia (Deluxe Edition) — Release art · Australasia (Deluxe Edition) — release

Pelican — Untitled EP — Release art · Untitled EP — release

Pelican — March Into the Sea — Release art · March Into the Sea — release

Pelican — Pink Mammoth — Release art · Pink Mammoth — release

Pelican — The Haunt, 2013-07-15 — Poster · The Haunt, 2013-07-15 — Songkick

Lineup

Trevor de Brauw
Bryan Herweg
Larry Herweg
Laurent Lebec

Releases

Ascending EP
Jan 23, 2026 · album · 4 tracks
Flickering Resonance
May 16, 2025 · album · 8 tracks
FR
Flickering Resonance
2025 · album
The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Deluxe 2023 Remix & Remaster)
Jul 21, 2023 · album · 11 tracks
FY
For Your Entertainment
2023 · ep
BA
B-Sides and Other Rarities
2020 · compilation
LA
Live at The Grog Shop
2020 · album
NS
Nighttime Stories
2019 · album
L@
Live @ Dunk!Fest 2016
2016 · album
LA
Live at Empty Bottle December 15, 2015
2016 · album
LI
Live in Wroclaw, November 23 2007
2016 · album
TC
The Cliff
2015 · ep
AR
Arktika
2013 · album
DT
Deny the Absolute - EP
2013 · ep
FB
Forever Becoming
2013 · album
A/
Ataraxia / Taraxis
2012 · ep
EP
Ephemeral
2009 · ep
WW
What We All Come to Need
2009 · album
PL
PLCN/TAAS
2008 · ep
City of Echoes (Deluxe Edition)
Jun 5, 2007 · album · 14 tracks
AT
After the Ceiling Cracked
2007 · album
CO
City of Echoes
2007 · album
LI
Live in Chicago 6/11/03
2005 · album
MI
March Into the Sea
2005 · ep
P/
Pelican / MONO
2005 · ep
P/
Pelican / Playing Enemy
2005 · ep
TF
The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
2005 · album
RS
Rock Sound Música Com Atitude Volume 16
2004
Australasia (Deluxe Edition)
Nov 4, 2003 · album · 9 tracks
Untitled EP
Feb 25, 2003 · album · 4 tracks
AU
Australasia
2003 · album
RV
Rebelstyle Vol. One
2003
PE
Pelican
2001 · ep
TD
The Dynamic Dance Album - Do That Dance
1999
NZ
NZDJ01:Chelsea
1998
TF
Techno Force - Le Mix
1998
S9
Sampler 98 - Techno/House Explorations
1998
ML
Mister Love EP
1997
E9
Energy 97 Compilation
1997
PE
Papaye E.P.
1995
March Into the Sea
album
Pink Mammoth
album
DT
Deny The Absolute
album
FY
For Your Entertainment (Unwound Cover)
track
G(
Gasoline (Karate Cover)
track
YW
Young Widows Split Series Vol. 3
album
LA
Live at The Grog Shop
album
L@
Live @ Dunk!Fest 2016
album
LA
Live at Empty Bottle December 15, 2015
album
LI
Live in Wroclaw, November 23 2007
album
TG
The Good Life

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 42+ plays, 2009-11-23–2026-03-20 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Prometheus Brown) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Kevin Cole) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP

Artist background

Pelican formed in 2001 — MusicBrainz
Pelican is based in Chicago — MusicBrainz
Trevor de Brauw: member — MusicBrainz
Bryan Herweg: member — MusicBrainz
Larry Herweg: member — MusicBrainz
Laurent Lebec: member — MusicBrainz
Pelican has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2001–2025 — MusicBrainz
Pelican is based in Chicago, Illinois — Pelican on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Ascending EP (2026-01-23) — Bandcamp
Pelican (band) formed in 2001 — Wikipedia
Pelican (band) is from Chicago, Illinois , U.S. — Wikipedia
Pelican (band) has 4 members: Trevor Shelley de Brauw, Laurent Schroeder-Lebec, Bryan Herweg, Larry Herweg — Wikipedia
Pelican (band) plays Post-metal — Wikipedia
Pelican (band) plays doom metal [ 1 ] — Wikipedia
Pelican has 343336 listeners on Last.fm — Pelican on Last.fm
Pelican has released 10 recordings between 1995 and 2004 — Pelican on Discogs
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Band — Pelican — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_(band) — Pelican on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 220 — Pelican — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/06rxzs — Pelican — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Chicago, Illinois — Pelican on TheAudioDB
Formed 2001 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: post-metal — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Hydra Head Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_(band) — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
The Haunt · Brighton	1

By year: 2013 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-19
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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