Stef Broks (born 1st of May 1981, Etten-Leur, The Netherlands) is a Dutch musician, teacher and entrepreneur, best known for his work with progressive metal band Textures (2001-present).

While Broks was studying journalism and working for newspapers and magazines (Slagwerkkrant, Gitarist, Musicmaker [nl]) in his early 20s, Textures enjoyed overnight success after the Dutch music magazines Oor and Aardschok [nl] called their self-released debut, Polars, one of the best Dutch metal albums ever.

From 2003 until 2017 Broks and Textures played up to 700 shows across Europe, U.S.A. and India with bands like Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, Tesseract and Gojira.

Artists like Chris Adler (Lamb of God - 1999-2019), Jay Postones (Tesseract), Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Decapitated, Septicflesh) and Matt Halpern (Periphery) name Broks as one of their drum inspirations.

Besides that Broks also works at conservatorium Codarts Rotterdam and Metal Factory Eindhoven since 2014, where he does a lot of band coaching, didactics/pedagogics and drum lessons.