That doesn't surprise me that Broadsword was popular in Germany, I think one of the reasons I like it so much is that the sound and the artwork are very heavy metal influenced. Of course, two years or so later, Jethro Tull won for "best metal album" at the American Grammy awards...what were they thinking?? But a very good album nonetheless. I swear, after that for about ten years there must have been metal fans who hated Jethro Tull just based on the fact that they were even included in that category, let alone took it from Metallica.