Pelican is most often considered to be United States, Instrumental, Post-Rock, Doom Metal, Stoner Rock, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Sludge, Post-Metal, Instrumental Rock, Drone Metal, Instrumental Post-Rock, Heavy, Focus Beats, Atmospheric, Melancholic, Atmospheric Post-Metal, Illinois, Atmospheric Sludge, Lo-Fi Brasileiro, and Atmospheric Sludge Metal.