<P> The song opens with a spoken word passage , read by English actor Barry Clayton , which quotes Revelation 12 : 12 and Revelation 13 : 18 . According to lead vocalist , Bruce Dickinson , the band originally asked Vincent Price to read the intro , but decided to hire Clayton after Price refused to do it for anything less than £ 25,000 . </P>
<P> The song opens with a spoken word passage , read by English actor Barry Clayton , which quotes Revelation 12 : 12 and Revelation 13 : 18 . According to lead vocalist , Bruce Dickinson , the band originally asked Vincent Price to read the intro , but decided to hire Clayton after Price refused to do it for anything less than £ 25,000 . </P>
who does the intro to number of the beast
who does the intro to number of the beast
English actor Barry Clayton
English actor Barry Clayton