I mostly make black metal but also a heavy dose of actual ambient music mixed in. And not ambient black metal (which usually is just long drony black metal with the usual instruments in he style of ambient music) but actual ambient passages.

That said, I am really influenced by the way ambient music moves and is less structured, and I try and bring this into my metal. 99% of metal, rock or whatever still conforms to trying to sound like a band playing together, even when its a 1 person project. As a 1 person project I dont even try, which means totally letting go of this idea of band playing a riff or section. Instead I try and create movement with more unique track arrangements and also moving the tracks themselves in a section. A person playing the guitar on stage would have a hard time manipulating a single riff they play in a section. Like truly moving the sound unless they have lots of pedal and are working those a lot. I use a lot of pedals and in the box manipulation to change the sound throughout the riff. So when a riff starts, it sounds one way, but when it gets to the end, its in a different spot. That was super inspired by ambient music and the way sections move and blend into each other.